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Egyptian President Pardons Rights Researcher and Lawyer for Political Prisoner 

HeadlineJul 20, 2023

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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