Egypt leader orders release of jailed ex-MP Zyad Elelaimy

CAIRO - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned jailed former member of parliament and prominent activist Zyad Elelaimy, parliamentarian and presidential pardon committee member Tarek Elkhouly said on Monday on his Facebook page.

Elelaimy was one of the leading Egyptian activists during the 2011 uprising which toppled Hosni Mubarak and had been jailed since 2019 on charges of spreading false news after a lawyer reported him to prosecutors citing an interview he had given to the BBC.