The pardon decision came in response to calls by political parties and forces, the Coordination Committee of Parties’ Youth and Politicians (CPYP) and the Presidential Pardon Committee, El-Khouly said.
Presiden Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi also pardoned Amr Ragab Qotb and Mohamed Aziz El-Gohary according to the pardon decree that was published in the official gazette on Monday.
In November, El-Eleimy received a final five-year prison sentence by the emergency state security misdemeanour court for spreading false news on social media, among other charges, in the case known in the media as the “Hope Cell” plot. Continue
