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Thursday 24 Sep 2015 - 18:01 Makkah mean time-11-12-1436
 Cairo, (IINA) - Egyptian President Abdelfattah El-Sisi announced on Wednesday the pardoning of 100 prisoners on the advent of the occassion of Eid Al-Adha, Egypt Daily News reported
The pardon includes Al-Jazeera's two journalists Mohammad Fahmy and Baher Mohammad as well as youth activists Sanaa Seif and Yara Sallam who were charged with violating protesting laws as well as other elderly and ill prisoners.
According to Egypt Daily News , the controversial protest law, passed in November 2013, states that, among other things, protesters have to give the authorities a three-day notice before protesting. Violators face hefty fines and prison sentences. Egyptian presidents have been known to pardon prisoners ahead of feasts and national celebrations.
Egypt's presidency spokesman Alaa Yousef stated: "This newest batch of pardoning comes as part of an initiative, launched by the president in December 2013, to release groups of prisoners".
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