High profile pardons have left legions of Egyptian political prisoners behind to languish in jail | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

JERUSALEM — Baher Mohamed is finally home this week, celebrating his newfound freedom with his wife and small children. The Al Jazeera English journalist, who has spent much of the last 18 months in jail, found himself a free man after a sudden, unexpected pardon from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi last week. Sisi extended the…