Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered authorities on Tuesday to study a petition for a presidential pardon for prominent rights activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, the state-affiliated human rights council said.
Sisi "directed the relevant authorities to study the petition" submitted by the National Human Rights Council to pardon a number of individuals, including Abdel Fattah, who has been jailed for much of the past decade.
