Egypt’s Sisi pardons 502 prisoners including well-known tycoon | Reuters

Egypt's Sisi pardons 502 prisoners including well-known tycoon | Reuters Reuters CAIRO Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned 502 prisoners before the Eid al-Fitr holiday including prominent businessman Hesham Talaat Moustafa, according to a presidential decree issued on Friday.The prisoners to be released include 25 women and "a large number of youth jailed in cases involving protesting and gathering," state news agency MENA reported, without specifying how many. The post Egypt's Sisi pardons 502 prisoners including well-known tycoon | Reuters appeared first on Firstpost. 1