Pardon
Anyone who did not shed blood or participated in acts of violence and terrorism would be released, and those who served the time of pre-trial detention must be released immediately or referred to a trial.
The cabinet approved a draft decision of the President of the Republic regarding pardoning the remainder of the sentence for some convicts.
The Official Gazette (Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya) published President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s Decision No. 417 of 2023 regarding pardoning a new group of some convicts.
Those are eligible for release in accordance with presidential pardon terms.
A new group of 1,920 prisoners are eligible to be released in accordance with presidential pardon terms, said Society Protection Sector at the Egyptian Ministry of Interior in a statement on Saturday.
Representative Tariq Al-Khouli, a member of the Presidential Pardon Committee, announced the release of a new batch of 30 persons held in pre-trial detention pending cases not related to violence or terrorism.
The Presidential Pardon Committee thanked the Presidency, the Attorney General and the Ministry of Interior for the decisions to release those are being held in pretrial detention pending cases of freedom of opinion.
The detainees, released as per a decision by the Public Prosecution, include renowned lawyer Haitham Mohamedin, said Awadi on Facebook.
The committees assigned to review files of prisoners nationwide announced that 1,270 prisoners deserve to be pardoned as they meet the conditions set for pardoning inmates.
On 27 January 2021, a total of 3,022 convicts were pardoned on the occasion of the Police Day after the Prison Authority decided the pardon conditions apply to them.
The Egyptian Cabinet approved a draft decision by the President to pardon a number of prisoners.
A total of 3,022 convicts were pardoned on Wednesday on the occasion of the Police Day after the Prison Authority decided the pardon conditions apply on them.
The Cabinet has approved a draft decision by the President to pardon the remaining prison term of some of the convicted.
A committee presided by the chair of the Prisons Authority will review cases to determine eligible inmates.
The High Commission for Pardon began examining the cases entitled to conditional release and choose the inmates to be pardoned accordingly.
A total of 167 prisoners were released per a presidential pardon, while 308 others were granted a conditional release, the Interior Ministry said.
The High Commission for Pardon began examining the cases entitled to conditional release, and it selected 285 inmates to be released, while 107 were pardoned.
The decree was published in the official gazette.
Sisi issued on Saturday decree No. 511/2019 to pardon a number of inmates on the occasion of the celebration of the Armed Forces Day.
After examining all eligible prisoners’ cases, the committee in charge decided to grant 257 conditional releases, and 146 unconditional releases.
