Pardon
Specific batches of pardons are routinely announced on major national and religious holidays.
Eid Al-Adha is observed on the 10th day of Dhu Al-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar and will fall in the last week of May this year.
Committees formed by the Community Protection Sector reviewed inmates’ files nationwide to determine those eligible for the pardon. The review resulted in the inclusion of 2,520 inmates who met the established criteria.
The number of the would-be released inmates was not published yet in the official gazette.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued Decision No. 158 of 2025, granting a pardon for the remaining sentences of certain convicts in honor of Eid al-Fitr (the Feast of Breaking the Fast) and Sinai Liberation Day, which will be observed on April 25, 2025.
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.
The cabinet approved a draft decision of the President of the Republic regarding pardoning the remainder of the sentence for some convicts.
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.
Those are eligible for release in accordance with presidential pardon terms.
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.
Representative Tariq Al-Khouli, a member of the Presidential Pardon Committee, announced the release of a new batch of 30 persons held in pre-trial detention pending cases not related to violence or terrorism.
The Presidential Pardon Committee thanked the Presidency, the Attorney General and the Ministry of Interior for the decisions to release those are being held in pretrial detention pending cases of freedom of opinion.
The detainees, released as per a decision by the Public Prosecution, include renowned lawyer Haitham Mohamedin, said Awadi on Facebook.
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.
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 Egyptian Cabinet approved a draft decision by the President to pardon a number of prisoners.
A total of 3,022 convicts were pardoned on Wednesday on the occasion of the Police Day after the Prison Authority decided the pardon conditions apply on them.
The Cabinet has approved a draft decision by the President to pardon the remaining prison term of some of the convicted.
A committee presided by the chair of the Prisons Authority will review cases to determine eligible inmates.
The High Commission for Pardon began examining the cases entitled to conditional release and choose the inmates to be pardoned accordingly.
