"He was arrested in September 2019 and later sentenced in 2021 to five years in jail for spreading false news. The Egyptian-British human rights activist and writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been pardoned after almost six years in jail and hunger strikes by Abd el-Fattah and his mother. The announcement was made on Monday in Egypt's official gazette and came following an appeal from the National Council for Human Rights, Al Qahera news reported."
"In a post on X, Abd el-Fattah's sister, Mona Seif, said: My heart is going to stop. Abd el-Fattah was arrested in September 2019 and was later sentenced in December 2021 to five years in prison for spreading false news and harming Egypt's national interest. Rights groups have said Abd el-Fattah faced a grossly unfair trial. He emerged as a leading pro-democracy activist and blogger during Egypt's 2011 popular uprising, which forced former President Hosni Mubarak from office after three decades in power."
Alaa Abd el-Fattah, an Egyptian-British human rights activist and writer, was arrested in September 2019 and sentenced in December 2021 to five years for spreading false news and harming Egypt's national interest. He was pardoned after almost six years in jail following hunger strikes by Abd el-Fattah and his mother, with the pardon announced in Egypt's official gazette after an appeal from the National Council for Human Rights. Rights groups said he faced a grossly unfair trial. He emerged as a leading pro-democracy activist and blogger during Egypt's 2011 uprising. He previously received a five-year sentence in 2015 for violating protest laws, was released on probation in March 2019, and was rearrested within six months.
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