Overview

• Photos posted by his sister on Tuesday show the Egyptian‑British activist reunited with family after leaving custody.
• President Abdel Fattah al‑Sisi granted clemency on Monday to Abd el‑Fattah and five other detainees, according to the presidency.
• Abd el‑Fattah had been detained since 2019 and received a five‑year sentence in 2021 for allegedly spreading false news, with pretrial detention not credited toward his term.
• He began a new hunger strike in early September, and the National Council for Human Rights petitioned for his pardon on health and humanitarian grounds.
• His lawyer says he intends to keep his Egyptian citizenship and stay in the country, as rights groups note that thousands of political prisoners remain imprisoned.