
File Photo: Family members of A prisoner hold him after being released as part of presidential pardon on National Police Day in front of 15 of May Correction and rehabilitation center.
According to Extra News, the president commuted the remainder of the sentence for 4,466 individuals convicted of various crimes, both men and women, in consideration of their humanitarian circumstances.
Egypt releases inmates through presidential pardons on major holidays per tradition.
Saturday, 25 January 25, marks the 13th anniversary of the 2011 revolution that ousted former president Hosni Mubarak.
It also coincides with Police Day, commemorating the resistance of Egyptian police against British occupation forces in Ismailia in 1952.
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