Pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who was in prison for almost all of the past 12 years, hugs his mother Laila Soueif, as he arrives at his home, after a presidential pardon, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo)

Pro-democracy Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah was released from prison late Monday after being granted a presidential pardon, according to his campaign.

“An exceptionally kind day. Alaa is free,” wrote his sister Mona Seif on social media site X along with a picture of her brother smiling with his mother Laila Soueif and sister Sanaa Seif in Cairo.

Sanaa Seif posted on Facebook that her brother arrived at home while they were waiting with for him in the prison outside Cairo.

el-Fattah and five other prisoners had been pardoned Monday after the National Council fo

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