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HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has ordered that 170 inmates be released from prison. National news agency WAM reported the prisoners were of various nationalities and that the decree was to mark the 4th GCC Inmates Week. It said the inmates had “demonstrated good conduct at Sharjah’s correctional and punitive establishments”. Brigadier Saif Mohammad Al Ziri Al Shamsi, Chief of Sharjah Police, said he hoped the pardons would encourage others to learn from their incarceration experiences. news@7days.ae
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