State Media: Egypt Revokes 52 Morsi-era Pardons

Egypt's interim president has revoked amnesties for 52 people pardoned by ousted president Mohamed Morsi, state media reported, including Islamists affiliated with the banned Muslim Brotherhood.   Morsi, Egypt's first freely-elected president, pardoned a number of Islamists during his one-year rule, many of whom had been imprisoned since the 1990s.   He was overthrown in July last year by former army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sissi following mass protests against his rule....

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