To follow-up on yesterday's blog post, the 21 young women sentenced earlier this week will be issued a pardon by President Adly Mansour.
Despite what are likely pragmatic motives, this was the correct response to a horrendous occurrence. Hopefully, it will never be repeated.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/11/egypt-pardon-women-jailed-over-protest-20131129154350163683.html