Title: 165 Pardoned in Egypt ahead of Ramadan
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/229/ramadan_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='165 Pardoned in Egypt ahead of Ramadan' data-article-id='486'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8938'>Egypt's leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi ordered the pardons of 165 people on Wednesday. </span> <span data-start-time='8938' data-end-time='14396'>Most are young people found guilty of violating protest laws.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='14396' data-end-time='19563'>The Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins Thursday. </span> <span data-start-time='19563' data-end-time='25604'>Pardons during national and religious holidays are common in Egypt.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='25604' data-end-time='31188'>President Sissi's pardons included many university students. </span> <span data-start-time='31188' data-end-time='41542'>Some were jailed under a law that severely punishes protesters at demonstrations that do not have police permits.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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Egypt's leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi ordered the pardons of 165 people on Wednesday. Most are young people found guilty of violating protest laws.
The Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins Thursday. Pardons during national and religious holidays are common in Egypt.
President Sissi's pardons included many university students. Some were jailed under a law that severely punishes protesters at demonstrations that do not have police permits.
