One hundred prisoners have been granted presidential pardon in Egypt.

One hundred prisoners have been granted presidential pardon in Egypt. They include three Al-Jazeera television journalists who were convicted on charges of helping the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
The journalists are Canadian-born MOHAMED FAHMY, Egyptian BAHER MOHAMED and Australian PETER GRESTE. There were sentenced to three years in prison in a retrial last month for operating without a press license and broadcasting material harmful to Egypt. The Australian was jailed in absentia, having already been deported in February.
President ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI approved the pardon as he prepares to travel to New York to attend the annual summit of world leaders at the United Nations headquarters.