15 June 2018•Update: 16 June 2018
CAIRO
Egypt on Friday announced the release of 3,747 prisoners to mark the occasion of the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday, which began yesterday evening.
According to an Interior Ministry statement, the Egyptian prison service on Friday -- upon instruction from President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi -- “has announced an amnesty for numerous convicts to mark the occasion of the of Eid al-Fitr”.
Anadolu Agency has been unable to obtain a full list of individuals released in the holiday amnesty.
According to Egypt’s constitution, the president has the right -- after conferring with his Council of Ministers -- to pardon convicted individuals or commute their sentences.
