Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the jailed Egyptian-British dissident who may soon be pardoned

By Aidan Lewis

CAIRO (Reuters) -Egyptian-British blogger and activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah rose to prominence as an impassioned voice in the Arab Spring uprising that toppled Egypt’s veteran autocrat and has since become a symbol of the struggle for human rights in his country.

On Tuesday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered authorities to study a possible pardon for Abd el-Fattah, along with seven others, the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights said in a statement.

A decision…