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CAIRO: An Egyptian human rights activist who served as an MP has been pardoned by the president and released from a five-year sentence for plotting to disrupt the economy. Tariq Al-Khouli, a member of the Presidential Pardon Committee, said that Abdel Fattah El-Sisi had responded to growing calls to free Zyad El-Elaimy. The Egyptian Social Democratic Party, of which El-Elaimy
The Egyptian authorities released 25 pre-trial detainees on Sunday, Anadolu has reported. The release was announced by two members of the country s Presidential Pardon Committee. Tariq Al-Awadi s.