Egypt pardons political prisoners

by admin
Oct 7, 2012
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has decreed that all political prisoners detained from last year’s uprising be pardoned on Monday.

According to the President’s Facebook page, an amnesty was declared for all acts
"committed with the aim of supporting the revolution and bringing about its objectives, in the period January 25, 2011 to June 30, 2012, with the exception of crimes of first-degree murder."
It applies from those arrested from the first day of protests that forced former President Mubarak to leave, 25th of January 2011 until June 2012.

All those who have been convicted and currently on trial or under investigation have been pardoned, with an official list to be published later this month.

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