CAIRO – 2 July 2022: Egyptian Ministry of Interior announced that it will grant exceptional visits for inmates during the first and second days of the four-day holiday of Eid Al-Adha. The Presidential Pardon Committee, formed in 2016 and reactivated by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in April, aims to release young prisoners of conscience and reintegrate them into society. Over the past weeks, many prisoners have been released since the committee has been activated. MP Tarek El-Khouli, a member of the Presidential Pardon Committee, has explained to Egypt Today the criteria that the recently revived committee’s work is based on to prepare pardon lists. Besides reviving the pardon committee, Sisi also called for a national political dialogue that includes all parties “without exception or discrimination” a step that has been widely hailed by activists and political parties.

Source: Egypt Today July 02, 2022 09:21 UTC