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Egypt army pardons 1,959 detainees, prominent activist

By REUTERS

JANUARY 21, 2012 20:34

CAIRO - Egypt's military ruler has pardoned 1,959 people convicted by military courts in the year since President Hosni Mubarak's ouster, including activist Michael Nabil whose hunger strike had brought him close to death.

The state Al Nil television channel said the convicts had been pardoned by Hussein Tantawi, head of the military council that has ruled Egypt since Mubarak's removal in February 2011 in the midst of the Arab Spring protests that swept the region.

The pardon comes just four days before the first anniversary of the 18-day Egyptian uprising which began on Jan. 25, though it was not clear if any of the detainees had yet been released.

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