Egypt’s President
Mohamed Morsi.(AFP Photo / Eyptian Presidency)
Source: Russia Today
http://rt.com/news/egypt-morsi-pardon-revolutionary-inmates-953/
Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi has signed a degree
pardoning all those who had been arrested during last year's revolution. The
declaration could lead to the release of several thousand people.
The decree announced via Morsi’s official Facebook
account declares amnesty for actions "committed with the aim of supporting
the revolution and bringing about its objectives, in the period January 25,
2011 to June 30, 2012. The only exception will be those accused of first-degree
murder.
According to the document, people who already have
convictions and those who are still under investigation or on trial are all
being pardoned.
Under the amnesty conditions, the names of those to be
pardoned will be published by the attorney general and the military prosecution
within one month, the state news agency reports.
The announcement comes as Morsi celebrates 100 days in
office as the first freely elected president of Egypt following the removal of
Hosni Mubarak after more than 30 years in charge
The timing also coincides with the first commemoration of
the Maspero massacre in which 20 Coptic Christian died.
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