Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, who was imprisoned in Egypt on widely-denounced terror charges, has been pardoned by the country's president.
A lawyer and Egypt's state-run news agency says President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has pardoned Fahmy, along with prominent human rights activists.
The news agency MENA says el-Sissi has ordered those pardoned be released today.
Lawyer Khaled Abu Bakr confirmed the pardon and says his client is a ``professional and innocent journalist.''
Fahmy was given a three-year sentence last month after his second trial _ an outcome which shocked international observers.
His ordeal began when he and two colleagues were arrested in December 2013 while working for satellite news broadcaster Al Jazeera English in Cairo.
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Fahmy receives presidential pardon
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