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Egypt Pardons Alaa Abd El Fattah, Its Most Prominent Political Prisoner

22 September 2025 at 22:07
Alaa Abd El Fattah, a British-Egyptian dual citizen, was imprisoned for most of the past 12 years as a dissident. He and his mother went on hunger strike to press for his release.

© Mohamed El Raai, via Reuters

Alaa Abd El Fattah, seen here in an undated handout image, received a five-year sentence in 2019, but the Egyptian authorities had continued to imprison him.
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