Egyptian President Sisi pardons 330 young prisoners

President Sisi similarly pardoned 82 prisoners, mostly university students, in November 2016, and 203 in March 2017. [Photo: Courtesy]

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi yesterday pardoned more than 330 young people at the start of the holy month of Ramadhan, some of whom local media said were detained while protesting.

"I ask the interior minister that these young people be present tonight with their families for the suhur (meal that precedes Ramadhan's daily fast," Sisi (right) said at a youth conference broadcast on state television.