Egypt's President Mursi pardons 'revolutionaries'
October 09, 2012  09:39

Egypt's President Mohammed Mursi has pardoned all those arrested during last year's popular uprising that ousted the country's former leader Hosni Mubarak.

 

A post on the president's official Facebook page announced an amnesty for deeds "committed with the aim of supporting the revolution". The decree could lead to the release of several thousand people.

 

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