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Al-Sisi issues decree to pardon more prisoners for anniversary of 23 July
Decision No 334 of 2018 is published in official gazette

Terrorist-charged prisoners excluded from 4th pardon list: El-Khouly
Members of the committee are scheduled to meet next week to continue discussing the upcoming list

218 prisoners pardoned to mark 6th of October War
The released are non-political detainees, all charged with debt issues

Yara and Sanaa are out, now release the rest!
23 September 2015 will be a day to remember for activists in Egypt and across the globe. It all began on the afternoon of this day, when we started hearing rumours of a pardon for Egypt’s political prisoners to be issued by Al-Sisi. Subsequently, several national and regional media sources confirmed that Al-Sisi pardoned 100 …

Al-Sisi pardons more prisoners ahead of 23 July anniversary
The presidency issued a law allowing for the release of certain prisoners for the national holiday

Al-Sisi pardons 165 for breaching protest law, other misdemeanours
The names does not include women, high profile activists, or journalists
Presidential pardon for jailed activists fails to materialise
All that came were statements, nothing in reality, says human rights lawyer

Mansour revokes Morsi’s presidential pardons
Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya condemns the decision, which affects 12 of its members

Presidential pardons in commemoration of Sinai Liberation Day
Release order for those who served more than half their time in prison

Presidential decree grants prisoner pardons
Prisoners charged with crimes that pose “internal and external threats to state security” will not be pardoned

Finance ministry denies claims of leniency for traffickers
Ministry will not forgive accused traffickers of weapons, drugs and artifacts

United Arab Emirates pardons 35 Egyptians
The decision comes as part of the Gulf country’s Ramadan pardon

ECESR sues prosecutor general and cassation court chief justice
The Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights is requesting the lifting of judicial immunity for officials who failed to release pardoned detainees

Prosecutor general releases list of pardoned detainees
Activists angered over omissions from list

Mohamed Mahmoud Street trial postponed again
Trial postponed until a list with all those receiving amnesty is submitted by the public prosecutor

Morsy’s decree could include military detainees
Human rights activists worried about the implementation of the law

Possible pardon for detained 8 April army officers
Daily News Egypt unable to verify reports

Myanmar grants presidential pardon to 3 local aid workers sentenced to Jail for inciting unrest
The 3 UN workers charged with arson and inciting sectarian violence in Rakhine state

No amnesty for detainees in military prisons released by Morsy’s committee
Released military prisoners didn’t receive presidential pardon, says the No Military Trials movement

Saudis refute claims that 700 Egyptians are to be released
Saudi Ambassador says pardons will go ahead but not in numbers claimed

President Morsy pardons military detainees
A pardon greeted with excitement and anger as thousands still languish in military jails.