Alaa Abdel Fattah, a British-Egyptian democracy activist, has ended his hunger strike. His family was able to visit him for the first time in a month. He is serving a sentence of five years in prison for allegedly “spreading fake news”. For the first time in a month, Alaa Abdel Fattah’s family was able to … Read more
Alaa Abdel Fattah, a British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist, has ended his seven-month hunger strike. He began refusing water on November 6, to coincide with COP27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh. Prison officials informed his mother that he had undergone an unspecified “medical intervention” last Thursday. Alaa Abdel Fattah, a British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist, has informed his family … Read more
Family of Alaa Abdel Fattah says they have received confirmation that he is still alive. Letter to his mother dated Saturday says he is “drinking water again” and “receiving medical attention”. His family had not heard from him since he started refusing water on 6 November. The family of hunger striker and imprisoned British-Egyptian campaigner … Read more
Egypt’s interior ministry says it has a video of imprisoned dissident Abdel Fattah. His family has been pushing for a consular visit from the UK embassy. He is currently serving a five-year sentence for “broadcasting false news”. Egypt’s interior ministry said Thursday that it has a video of imprisoned dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah that “disproves” … Read more
Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, a known figure in the country’s 2011 revolution, has obtained British citizenship from inside prison, his family said Monday. The family has appealed to British authorities to seek consular access to visit him in jail. Abdel Fattah, along with his sisters Mona and Sanaa, gained UK citizenship through their mother, … Read more
Egypt sentenced Alaa Abdel Fattah, a leading figure in the 2011 revolution, to five years in jail, with two others receiving four years, his sister and a judicial source said. A computer programmer, blogger and high-profile activist who mobilised youths in the uprising that unseated autocrat Hosni Mubarak, Abdel Fattah had been in pre-trial detention … Read more
