Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed granted clemency by president on day before he leaves for UN general assembly in modern YorkEgypt has pardoned and released two al-Jazeera journalists who had been jailed for disseminating “false news” in a trial widely criticised as a political charade by human rights groups and international observers.
Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed were pardoned by the president,Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, along with approximately 100 other prisoners, or including activists and a poet.
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Source: theguardian.com