Egyptian Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah Pardoned by President

Egypt's president Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned the British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has been imprisoned since 2019.

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The message from state-loyal media is confirmed by his sister.

43-year-old Alaa Abdel Fattah was a key figure in the revolt against President Hosni Mubarak, who was forced out of power in 2011. The regime critic was later imprisoned for spreading "false news" in a shared Facebook post about police brutality.

Both Alaa Abdel Fattah and his mother, Laila Soueif, have gone on hunger strike in protest against the imprisonment.

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