Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued a presidential decree granting a pardon for the remainder of the sentences for certain convicts on the occasion of Police Day and the January 25 Revolution celebrations.
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The decree was published in the official gazette, continuing the annual tradition of presidential pardons on major national occasions, aimed at promoting mercy and forgiveness and providing an opportunity for the released individuals to reintegrate into society.
Article 1 of the decree stipulates that the remainder of the custodial sentence will be pardoned for certain convicts on the occasion of Police Day and the January 25 Revolution, dated 25 January 2026.
Prisoners serving life sentences will be released if they have completed at least fifteen years of their sentence by 25 January 2026, with the condition that they will be placed under police supervision for five years, in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 75 of the Penal Code.
The decree also applies to convicts serving fixed-term custodial sentences who, by 25 January 2026, have served at least one-third of their sentence, provided the time served is not less than four months. It similarly covers those serving multiple sentences for crimes committed before entering a correctional facility, if they have served one-third of the total duration of these sentences.
Police supervision will only be imposed on those whose sentence allows it by law or by court ruling, and the supervision period must not exceed five years or the duration covered by the pardon, whichever is shorter.
In recent years, Egypt has seen a significant expansion in presidential pardons, covering thousands of prisoners annually, with particular attention to the elderly, the sick, those who have served long portions of their sentence, and humanitarian or social cases.
This decision is part of Egypt’s broader policy to reduce overcrowding in correctional facilities, enhance opportunities for rehabilitation and social reintegration for released individuals, while maintaining strict security controls, including police supervision in high-risk cases.
