25-05-2025
President Sisi pardons inmates on occasion of Eid Al Adha
File photo- released prisoners
CAIRO – 25 May 2025: The official gazette 'Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyyal has published Presidential Decree No. 262 of 2025, issued by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, granting a pardon for certain convicts on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, corresponding to the 10th of Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH.
The number of the would-be released inmates was not published yet in the official gazette.
On April 1, 2025, the Egyptian Ministry of Interior released a total of 2,777 prisoners, who have been granted presidential pardon, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr (the Feast of Breaking the Fast) celebrations.
