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Egypt Frees Some 200 Political Prisoners, Thousands Still in Jail

by VOA News

   Hours after a Cairo court freed ousted Egyptian president Hosni
   Mubarak, President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi announced a presidential
   pardon to release more than 200 political prisoners -- out of more than
   40,000 in jail since 2011. Families and friends were waiting to receive
   their loved ones outside Tora prison in Cairo.