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Sheikh Khalifa has pledged to settle the prisoners' debts and financial commitments. (WAM)
The President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, has ordered the release of 724 prisoners, of whom 426 are in Abu Dhabi prisons and 298 in other jails across the country.
The inmates had been serving jail terms on different cases.
Sheikh Khalifa's gesture comes ahead of the Holy Month of Ramadan.
He pledged to settle all the prisoners' debts and financial commitments that ensued from the cases against them at the courts.
Sheikh Khalifa's humanitarian gesture of pardoning Emirati and expatriate inmates is in line with his keenness to give them a chance to resume a new life and ease the suffering of their families.
The release and settlement of the financial commitments reflect the practice of the UAE President on religious and national occasions and reiterates the tolerant spirit of the UAE community.
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