President Sheikh Khalifa pardons more than 600 prisoners for Eid Al Adha

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His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, has ordered the release of 669 prisoners — serving various sentences — on the occasion of Eid Al Adha.

Sheikh Khalifa has also pledged to settle the financial obligations of the inmates.

The gesture will “provide prisoners with an opportunity to start a new life and alleviate their families’ hardship”.