Activist Alaa Abdul Fattah pardoned

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sissi issued a pardon yesterday for prominent activist Alaa Abdul Fattah, who has been jailed for the better part of the past decade.

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The 43-year-old British-Egyptian national, who was pardoned alongside five others, was a leading figure in Egypt's 2011 uprising and was jailed under each administration since.