The National Council for Human Rights ((NCHR) welcomes the President's decision to release Ziad Al-Ali

Ambassador Mushira Khattab, President of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) , announced that NCHR greatly appreciates the decision of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to pardon lawyer Ziad Al-Alimi within the framework of the work of the Presidential Pardon Committee and in response to the calls of political forces, youth parties and NCHR. The National Council for Human Rights welcomes the recent step that confirms that the political leadership attaches great importance to closing the file of pretrial detention and those convicted in cases related to freedom of opinion and expression, especially after the release of more than a thousand prisoners in the framework of the work of the presidential pardon committee in the recent period. The National Council for Human Rights also appreciates the move towards studying the application of alternative penalties to imprisonment in cases of opinion and expression, which confirms that the Egyptian state is taking serious and capable steps in reforming political life and expanding the scope of freedom of opinion and expression in the next stage, which are the steps that are embodied today by the rallying of political forces and civil society around dialogue Currently running national.