Imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah on list for presidential pardon and release

CAIRO: Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah may be released through a presidential pardon, the president’s office said. President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Tuesday ordered relevant authorities to look into an appeal recently petitioned by the National Council for Human Rights-Egypt calling for the release of Abd el-Fattah along with six other convicted individuals, his office said in a statement. The British-Egyptian dual national has been imprisoned in Egypt since September 2019. He was sentenced to five years in prison in 2021 for spreading false news.

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