09/10/2012 11:38
Mursi has pardoned thousands of people in Egypt
Mohammed Mursi, the President of Egypt, has pardoned all those arrested since the beginning of last year's popular uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak, the BBC reports.
A post on the president's official Facebook page announced an amnesty for crimes and misdemeanours committed "in support of the revolution".
The decree could lead to the release of several thousand people.
Mubarak stood down in February last year following 18 days of unrest during which hundreds of protesters died.