Egyptian authorities on Monday announced the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah.
A statement from the president’s office said that another five prisoners were also pardoned. It was not immediately clear when they will walk free.
Abd el-Fattah was a leading voice in the country’s 2011 Arab Spring uprising. The Egyptian-British activist has spent most of the past decades behind bars, where he has gone on multiple hunger strikes.