UK – The New Arab, Sept. 12, 2025
Egypt’s prosecutor and interior ministry submit reports on Alaa Abdel Fattah and others as presidency reviews petition for pardon.
Egyptian authorities have completed key judicial and security reports on the case of jailed activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and several others, marking a significant step forward in the process of reviewing a petition for a presidential pardon.
Judicial and security sources told The New Arab’s Arabic edition Al-Araby Al-Jadeed in exclusive statements that Prosecutor General Mohamed Shawky Ayad finalised a judicial report covering Abdel Fattah and several others convicted in criminal and political cases.
The report was formally submitted to the presidency as part of the review of a petition presented by the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), which called for a presidential pardon.
According to the sources, the prosecutor’s report included details of the legal status of the defendants, the validity of the verdicts against them, and whether the nature of these rulings allows for an exceptional presidential pardon.
It also examined the judicial background of each name included in the petition and offered recommendations on whether they could be covered by clemency, based on constitutional and legal criteria.
