Cairo, Sept 9, 2025 (AFP) - Egypt's Sisi orders study of pardon for activist Alaa Abdel Fattah: rights council

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered authorities on Tuesday to study a petition for a presidential pardon for prominent rights activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, the state-affiliated human rights council said. Sisi "directed the relevant authorities to study the petition" submitted by the National Human Rights Council to pardon a number of individuals, including Abdel Fattah, who has been jailed for much of the past decade. bur-maf/bha/jsa ...

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