Egyptian president pardons prominent activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, state media reports
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By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has ordered the release of prominent activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, the Egyptian state-run outlet Al Ahram reported on Monday. Abd El-Fattah, a 42-year-old dual Egyptian-British citizen, has remained in prison despite completing his …
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By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has ordered the release of prominent activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, the Egyptian state-run outlet Al Ahram reported on Monday. Abd El-Fattah, a 42-year-old dual Egyptian-British citizen, has remained in prison despite completing his …
British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, a major figure of Egypt's 2011 uprising, was granted a presidential pardon on Monday, after spending years behind bars.The 43-year-old computer programmer and activist has long been one of Egypt's most recognisable dissidents.
Prominent British-Egyptian democracy advocate Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been freed after years of detention. His release follows a petition from Egypt’s human rights council and increased international pressure.
In Egypt today, the country’s most prominent political prisoner has received a presidential pardon. Alaa Abd el-Fattah has spent most of the past 12 years behind bars. He became a leading voice for democratic change in Egypt during the Arab Spring that began in 2011.
(Reuters) - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned high-profile Egyptian-British activist, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, after a lengthy imprisonment and repeated hunger strikes that prompted international pleas for his release, Al Qahera news said on Monday.
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities announced on Monday the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who has been in prison for almost all of…
Egyptian authorities have announced a presidential pardon that is expected to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a top activist and a leading voice of the country’s 2011 Arab Spring uprising who...
