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  • Monday ,28 July 2014
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Jailed journalist Mohamed Fahmy denied presidential pardon in Egypt

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18:07

Monday ,28 July 2014

Jailed journalist Mohamed Fahmy denied presidential pardon in Egypt

Dashing the hopes of his family, Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy will remain in an Egyptian jail after his name and those of his Al Jazeera colleagues were absent from a list of presidential PARDONSissued to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Sunday.

Advocates for Mr. Fahmy and his two colleagues had argued that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi should use his powers to release the journalists, whose prosecution and conviction has been much criticized internationally.