Interior Ministry: 543 inmates pardoned, released on parole nationwide

CAIRO - 5 September 2018: The Interior Ministry's Prisons Sector said on Wednesday that 156 inmates will be pardoned while 387 others will be released on parole on the occasion of Eidul Adha (Greater Bairam).

In a statement, the ministry said that the move comes in line with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's decree no. 391/2018 on pardoning some prisoners on the occasion of Eidul Adha.

The prison sector formed committees to examine the cases of prisoners who deserve to be pardoned or released on parole.