In celebration of the 1952 revolution, President Hosni Mubarak has ordered the release of 3525 prsioners. The pardoned prisoners will be discharged this Friday morning.
Technical and legal committees were set up by Interior Minister Habib el-Adly under presidential instructions to examine prisoners’ files and decide who could be eligible for a pardon.
Among those pardoned are 169 prisoners who are still required to pay fines to be released. Their files were submitted to el-Adly, who ordered their release and the payment of their fines, as they proved to be facing financial difficulties.
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
