Egypt's President pardons 2 of the 3 Al Jazeera journalists convicted of broadcasting false news
24th September, 2015
Egypt's President has pardoned two of the three Al Jazeera TV journalists convicted of broadcasting false news.
A presidential spokesman said Canadian Mohammed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohamed were on a list of 100 prisoners to be released later.
State media said a third person from the case was also pardoned. It is not clear if this is Australian Peter Greste, who was deported in February.