{"id":29571,"date":"2025-02-27T12:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T12:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/?p=29571"},"modified":"2025-02-27T12:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T12:43:09","slug":"1295-uae-prisoners-to-be-released-ahead-of-ramadan-2025-on-presidents-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/1295-uae-prisoners-to-be-released-ahead-of-ramadan-2025-on-presidents-order\/","title":{"rendered":"1,295 UAE Prisoners to Be Released Ahead of Ramadan 2025 on President\u2019s Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 27, 2025, <strong>UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan ordered the release of 1,295 prisoners<\/strong> from correctional facilities across the country. The decision, reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/article\/15fw19n-uae-president-orders-release-1295-inmates-ahead\">Emirates News Agency (WAM)<\/a>, is part of a tradition of granting amnesty ahead of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the release, Sheikh Mohamed has pledged to settle the financial debts tied to the inmates&#8217; sentences. This move aims to ease their transition back into society and relieve the financial burden on their families.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29576\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_1401523028.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_1401523028.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_1401523028-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_1401523028-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_1401523028-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>annual pardon reflects the UAE\u2019s values of compassion and second chances<\/strong>. Previously, the UAE President granted clemency to 2,269 prisoners before the country\u2019s National Day celebrations in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Ramadan in the UAE also brings several traditions, including <strong>shorter working hours for both <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae-confirms-ramadan-2025-work-hours-for-public-sector-employees\/\">public<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ramadan-2025-private-sector-working-hours-announced-in-uae\/\">private<\/a> sectors<\/strong>. A popular custom is the <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/iftar-cannon-locations-in-dubai-2025-where-to-hear-the-firing-this-ramadan\/\"><strong>firing of iftar cannons<\/strong><\/a> in various locations across Dubai and Abu Dhabi, marking the end of daily fasting. Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/everything-about-dubai-ramadan-fireworks-2025-dates-locations-best-viewing-spots\/\"><strong>fireworks displays<\/strong><\/a> add to the festive atmosphere during this special time of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 27, 2025, UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan ordered the release of 1,295 prisoners from correctional facilities across the country. The decision, reported by Emirates News Agency (WAM), is part of a tradition of granting amnesty ahead of Ramadan. Along with the release, Sheikh Mohamed has pledged to settle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":29577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}