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Sister of British citizen jailed in Egypt calls on Sunak to ‘understand the urgency of his case’
Alaa Abd el-Fattah to begin hunger strike as world leaders meet for Cop27
Sanaa Seif, sister of Egypt's leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, stages a sit-in protest outside the Foreign Office in London, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022

THE sister of a British citizen jailed in Egypt called today for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to understand the urgency of his case and secure his release.

Sanaa Seif warned that Alaa Abd el-Fattah could die during the 12-day Cop27 climate summit being hosted by Egypt and is pressing both British and Egyptian governments to secure the release of her brother as world leaders head to Sharm el-Sheikh.

The British-Egyptian blogger, who was first detained in 2006, has been held in prison multiple times since because of his writing.

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