Journalists Hala Fahmy and Safaa Al-Korbaji have been targeted by security services after launching a campaign against its interference in the work of National Media Commission (NMC).
Presidential pardons are often handed out before the end of Ramadan, though Sisi is thought to have jailed around 65,000 political prisoners since coming to power in a 2013 coup
Egyptian security forces yesterday arrested journalist Safa Al-Korbiji after she published a video in which she criticised the entry of Israelis into Sinai. Egypt has held two music festivals in so.