In an interview with the Associated Press last Saturday, Sisi said: "I want to assure you that we are always keen to resolve issues and problems, especially when it comes to journalists and the media."
Sisi pardoned 100 detained activists, including Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, before traveling to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
Canadian-Egyptian Fahmy, Egyptian Mohamed and Australian Peter Greste were sentenced to three years in prison in a retrial last month for operating without a press license and circulating false news. Greste was deported back to Australia in February.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says the number of journalists in Egypt's prisons is at its highest since 1990, with at least 18 journalists in detention.
Arab rights organizations, like the Arab Network for Human Rights Information, claim a total of 60 journalists have been detained over the past two years.
Head of the Journalists' Syndicate's Freedoms Committee Khaled al-Balshy said the committee submitted the names of detained journalists who deserve to be pardoned to security officials.
He also said the state must stop arresting journalists.
"In March, the committee counted that 22 journalists detained over different charges. The number rose to 27 in May and reached 35 in August," he said.
The number currently stands at 32 following the recent release of three journalists, said al-Balshy.
Among the detained journalists is photojournalist Mahmoud Shawkan who has been in detention since the dispersal of the Rabaa al-Adaweya sit-in in mid-August 2013. He will go back to trial on December 12.
Journalist Yehya Ghanem has also been sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of LE1,000. Ghanem challenged the ruling before he traveled to the United States, where he currently resides.
In a statement to Al-Masry Al-Youm, Ghanem said he was not ready to return to Egypt to be imprisoned over fabricated charges.
Members of the Journalists' Syndicate board called on Sisi to pardon journalists sentenced to prison in absentia, aside from the journalists who are currently in prison.
Secretary General of the Journalists' Syndicate Gamal Abdel Rahim said the president has no constitutional power to pardon those who are detained while pending investigations. The president can only pardon those who had final rulings issued against them.
The syndicate board will discuss submitting a petition to Sisi to pardon detained journalists, said Abdel Rahim.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
