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Egypt’s President under Pressure to Pardon Al-Jazeera Journalists

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More fall-outs are rising from the jailing of three Al-Jazeera journalists. They were sentenced to seven years earlier this week for supporting the banned Islamist group that is the Muslim Brotherhood. Several countries have urged the president, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, to pardon the trio. But analysts say Sisi does not want to risk upsetting Egyptians. CCTV’s Yasser Hakim has more.

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