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July 20, 2023

Egyptian President Pardons Rights Researcher and Lawyer for Political Prisoner 
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In Egypt, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has pardoned detained Italian
Egyptian human rights researcher Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohamed
el-Baqer. Zaki's pardon came just one day after he was sentenced to
three years in prison for writing about the discrimination he has
suffered as a member of Egypt's Coptic Christian community. Mohamed
el-Baqer is the lawyer for technologist, blogger and writer Alaa Abd
El-Fattah, a leading activist in the 2011 revolution and Egypt's most
prominent political prisoner. El-Baqer was arrested in 2019 and
sentenced to four years in prison in 2021 for his work defending
El-Fattah. Click here to see all our interviews with Alaa Abd El-Fattah
and our coverage of his case.


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