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Political activist Sanaa Seif was imprisoned twice. The first time for demonstrating against the protest law and the second time for insulting the judiciary. The first time she was pardoned by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and released along with activist Yara Sallam and 20 others who were serving time for protesting near Ettehadiya Presidential Palace in June 2014. The second time she turned herself in to the authorities after she was charged with insulting a public official when she refused to cooperate during an investigation in April 2016 in relation to instigating protests against the ceding of land to Saudi Arabia. She was released on completion of her six-month sentence.