Prominent Egyptian activist, former MP and politician Ziad El-Elaimy received Monday a presidential pardon and is expected to be released from prison within hours amid intensifying international pressure ahead of UN climate change conference COP27 due next month in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh resort in South Sinai. Head of the presidential pardons committee MP Tarek El-Khouly tweeted that president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ordered the release of Elaimy, also a lawyer, in response to the calls of the political fronts and parties. A key figure of the 25 January Revolution that removed long-time autocrat…