A group of UN-affiliated human rights experts on Thursday called on Egypt to immediately release jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, as fears grow for the life of his mother, who is on ...

Alaa Abdel Fattah, a prominent writer and pro-democracy activist, is one of Egypt’s highest-profile prisoners. He has been detained unlawfully for over a decade and should be released immediately.

Abd el-Fattah, a key figure in the 2011 Egyptian revolution which ousted then-President Hosni Mubarak, has spent the best part of a decade behind bars. On 29 September, Abd el-Fattah was due to ...

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 ...

In the Commons, independent MP John McDonnell urged Sir Keir Starmer to contact Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in order to “save” Mr Abd El-Fattah and his mother’s life. Laila ...

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.

Laila Soueif, mother of jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, has been hospitalised as her hunger strike neared 150 days — HENRY NICHOLLS The mother of a Egyptian-British activist jailed ...

Laila Soueif, the mother of jailed Egyptian British author and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, has been hospitalized in London after nearly 150 days on hunger strike. The 68-year-old human rights ...

In urging the Foreign Secretary to make a stand for Abd el-Fattah’s release, the organisations say: “We remain deeply concerned that Alaa Abd el-Fattah still has not been released after completing his ...

Abdel-Fattah is being threatened with dismissal by Macquarie University and being stripped of her Australian Research Council (ARC) research grant, at the behest of Zionist groups, the corporate ...

CAIRO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Syria's new President Ahmed al-Sharaa has received an invitation from Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to attend an emergency Arab League summit in Cairo on ...

Egyptian authorities must immediately release dozens of people arbitrarily detained and prosecuted on terrorism-related charges, solely for posting online content supporting calls for an end to ...