Alaa Abd el-Fattah, bekanntester politischer Häftling Ägyptens, wird in Kairo begnadigt. Doch wirklich frei ist er nicht. Und Zehntausende sitzen weiter in Haft.

The 43-year-old British-Egyptian national, who was pardoned alongside five others, was a leading figure in Egypt's 2011 uprising and was jailed under each administration since.

Alaa Abd El-Fattah is considered to be among the most high-profile political prisoners held in Egypt’s prisons.