Egypt’s Sisi orders study of pardon for activist Alaa Abdel Fattah

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered authorities on Tuesday to study a petition for a presidential pardon for prominent rights activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, the state-affiliated human rights council said.

Sisi “directed the relevant authorities to study the petition” submitted by the National Human for Rights Council to pardon a number of individuals, including Abdel Fattah, a dual Egyptian-British activist who has been jailed for much of the past decade.

The 43-year-old activist was…