CAIRO —
Egypt's state prosecutor on Monday
ordered the release of eight political prisoners, including a documentary
filmmaker, a lawyer said, the latest group to walk free since April.
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Tarek Al-Awady, a lawyer and member of a
committee formed in April to review the cases of prisoners eligible for
presidential pardons, made the announcement in a tweet. He said the prosecution
ordered the release of eight prisoners being held in preventive detention,
including filmmaker Moataz Abdelwahab.
Abdelwahab, 45, had been arrested in May
2020 on charges of "terrorism" and for allegedly "spreading
false information".
In April,
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
called for a "political dialogue" and reactivated the previously
dormant pardons committee. Since then dozens of prisoners have been freed, most
of them considered political prisoners and critics of Sisi's government.
Rights groups estimate that more than 60,000
political prisoners are being held in Egypt.
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