pardon
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A key figure in Egypt's 2011 uprising, the 44-year-old was granted a presidential pardon and released in September after nearly a decade in prison.
From Barron's
She was relieved to see the pardon, because she assumed it meant Cuellar was innocent.
World Liberty previously said it never facilitated or influenced a decision on Zhao’s pardon.
They haven’t been charged with federal crimes, making the pardons largely symbolic.
Hours after he was pardoned, Cuellar filed for re-election as a Democrat, dashing Republicans' hope that he might switch parties and pad their narrow majority in the House of Representatives.
From BBC
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