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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday pardoned 82 “youths” including a prominent advocate of Islamic reform, following calls to free prisoners swept up in a crackdown, his spokesman said. Sisi had promised to look into pardoning prisoners at a youths’ conference last month. The pardoned include Islam al-Behairy, a …

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said the government will look into revising an anti-protest law and take recommendations on releasing jailed youths. Sisi’s comments came at the end of a two-day “youth conference” on Thursday, an effort to reach out to young Egyptians as the country braces for austerity …