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Anyone who did not shed blood or participated in acts of violence and terrorism would be released, and those who served the time of pre-trial detention must be released immediately or referred to a trial.
For those who haven't been given these two days, the visits will continue until Wednesday, April 24, 2024.
Last week, the Egyptian Official Gazette published Presidential Decree No. 1 of 2024, concerning the pardon of the remainder of the sentence for some convicts on the occasion of Police Day and the January 25 Revolution, which fell on January 25, 2024.
The Official Gazette (Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya) published President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s Decision No. 417 of 2023 regarding pardoning a new group of some convicts.
The visit will not be deducted from the number of legalized visits granted for prisoners throughout their jail term.
A new group of 1,920 prisoners are eligible to be released in accordance with presidential pardon terms, said Society Protection Sector at the Egyptian Ministry of Interior in a statement on Saturday.
The visit is an addition to the visits allocated for each of the prisoners during their jail term, which means that it will not be deducted from the number of their legalized visits.
The Interior Ministry announced Thursday granting an exceptional visit to inmates at correctional and rehabilitation centers nationwide on the occasion of Coptic Christmas from January 9 to January 24.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the committee asserted that it would continue its work to release more prisoners and merge them into the society.
The committees assigned to review files of prisoners nationwide announced that 1,270 prisoners deserve to be pardoned as they meet the conditions set for pardoning inmates.
A new batch of convicts and pre-trial detainees will be released Thursday in Egypt.
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued presidential decree No. 260/2022 pardoning three prisoners from serving the rest of their jail sentences.
The newly-released prisoners are Kholoud Saeed, Hussein Khamis, Shebel Mabrouk, Abdel Rahman Moka, Alaa Essam Ramadan, Mohamed Mohy El-Din Mohamed.
A new group of prisoners will be released within 24 hours, said Mohamed Abdel Aziz, a member of the presidential pardon committee.
The preparation of that list comes on the occasion of Sinai Liberation Day, which is April 25.
All prisoners across Egypt were granted two exceptional visits during the Holy month of Ramadan, which is expected to begin on Saturday.
This is also part of the Interior Ministry's social role.
As per the criteria for releasing the inmates, the convict should serve a minimum part of their prison term as well as good behavior.
On 27 January 2021, a total of 3,022 convicts were pardoned on the occasion of the Police Day after the Prison Authority decided the pardon conditions apply to them.
The step is part of the ministry's efforts to implement a modern concept of penal policy.
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