#political prisoner
Political activist Ahmed Douma has been released after receiving a presidential pardon following 10 years in prison, according to posts by Presidential Pardon Committee member Tarek el-Khouly and lawyer Khaled Ali, who wrote “Douma is free” in a post on Facebook. Douma had five years left in his sentence, issued in December 2013, which included an EGP 6 million fine. The activist was pardoned from three other cases, two from 2014 and one dating back to 2011. Douma was a…
