A source from inside the National Council of Human Rights has told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that a presidential pardon will be issued today for another group of prisoners in Egypt to mark Sinai Liberation Day and the Muslim celebration of Eid El-Fitr. The news comes after the Egyptian government released 41 prisoners from pretrial detention over the weekend after President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said that the country needs to engage in "political dialogue." Also over the weekend the Egyptian government released nine Coptic Christians who were arrested after they protested to demand that a church be rebuilt in Minya governorate. It's thought that Egyptian authorities are under increasing pressure to clean up their human rights reputation after news of the death of prominent economist Ayman Hadhoud, who … Continue reading Egypt to release new round of prisoners today as 60,000 remain behind bars