Posted on May 26, 2022
Newshour - UK urged to help jailed Egyptian-British activist - BBC Sounds
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The Egyptian pro-democracy blogger, Alaa Abdel Fattah, has been on hunger strike for seven weeks. He was one of Egypt's most most celebrated and visible activists. But since President Abdel Fattah-al Sisi came to power in 2014, Alaa has spent most of his time in detention. Back in December 2021, he was convicted for 'spreading false news' and sentenced to five years in jail. Now, with Alaa having both British and Egyptian citizenship, the UK government is being urged to intervene more actively in his case. Alaa's sister, Mona Seif, spoke to Newshour.
Newshour - UK urged to help jailed Egyptian-British activist - BBC Sounds
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
...""We don't know if this means an improvement in conditions or not, because as we know the problem with the prison that Alaa was in is not just that it [was a] maximum security prison," she explained in a Facebook video.
"It's that the ministry of interior and state security and Egyptian authorities [were] actively depriving him of every facility and every right... that should be easily provided."
Previously, Ms Seif had dismissed as "unbelievable" pro-government media reports quoting a security source as saying that her brother was not on a hunger strike but was eating three meals a day.
Alaa Abdel Fattah's family has expressed growing concern for his wellbeing.
His mother, Laila Soueif - a London-born mathematics professor and sister of the author Ahdaf Soueif - has expressed disappointment that the British authorities have been able to do little to intervene since her son was granted British citizenship in December 2021.
"It's clear that my son's life now lies in [Prime Minister] Boris Johnson and Liz Truss's hands," she said.
"We have done everything we can, we have fought for Alaa's freedom for almost a decade, but now we are out of time, and I fear for his life."
...""We don't know if this means an improvement in conditions or not, because as we know the problem with the prison that Alaa was in is not just that it [was a] maximum security prison," she explained in a Facebook video.
"It's that the ministry of interior and state security and Egyptian authorities [were] actively depriving him of every facility and every right... that should be easily provided."
Previously, Ms Seif had dismissed as "unbelievable" pro-government media reports quoting a security source as saying that her brother was not on a hunger strike but was eating three meals a day.
Alaa Abdel Fattah's family has expressed growing concern for his wellbeing.
His mother, Laila Soueif - a London-born mathematics professor and sister of the author Ahdaf Soueif - has expressed disappointment that the British authorities have been able to do little to intervene since her son was granted British citizenship in December 2021.
"It's clear that my son's life now lies in [Prime Minister] Boris Johnson and Liz Truss's hands," she said.
"We have done everything we can, we have fought for Alaa's freedom for almost a decade, but now we are out of time, and I fear for his life."
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