Jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has begun a hunger strike after hearing that his mother Laila Soueif, 68, had been hospitalised after refusing food for more than 150 days, the ...
Her son Alaa Abdel Fattah, 43, an icon of Egypt’s 2011 revolution and a secular critic of president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, completed a five-year prison sentence in September but has not yet been ...
Pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah - a British and Egyptian citizen - was due to be freed in September 2024 but remains in jail. His UK-born mother Laila Soueif has consumed nothing but ...
Her decision follows a call between Sir Keir Starmer and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on February 28, in which the Prime Minister pressed for El-Fattah’s release. But Ms Soueif ...
She said the Prime Minister’s “personal engagement” with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi was needed to ensure her son is released. “I also hope that it will take days and not weeks ...
Mother of British-Egyptian jailed over social media post is hospitalised after 150 day hunger strike
David Lammy raised the case with officials in Cairo last month, and the Prime Minister has also brought it to the attention of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Downing Street has said.
Cairo (AFP) – Jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah began a hunger strike at the start of the month after his mother was hospitalised more than 150 days into her own hunger strike ...
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