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A giant portrait of activist and researcher Patrick George Zaki, hangs from the facade of Rome's Capitol Hill on Jan. 25, 2021. A prominent Egyptian rights activist with ties to Italy walked free from jail Thursday, July 20, 2023 a rights defender said. Patrick George Zaki, a post graduate student in Italy, was pardoned by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, along with five other people on Wednesday, according to the country’s Official Gazette. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP, File)

Two prominent Egyptian rights figures released from prison following pardons

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A member of the Dutch delegation parks a bicycle after arriving at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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Sanaa Seif, sister of Egypt's jailed leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who is on a hunger and water strike, speaks to members of the media at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Clock ticking for jailed Egypt activist on hunger strike

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FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 22, 2014 file photo, Egypt's leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah takes a moment as he speaks about his late father Ahmed Seif, one of Egypt's most respected human rights lawyers, during a conference held at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Abdel-Fattah was released from prison early Friday March 29, 2019, after serving a five-year sentence for inciting and taking part in protests, his family and lawyer said. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Egyptian pro-democracy activist free after 5 years in prison

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