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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, November 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.
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Fears grow for flotilla activist Yvonne Ridley, abducted by Israeli soldiers and held in famous Ktzi'ot prison camp
At 80, Elizabeth Morley wished she could join Palestine Action’s ladder-climbing but found her perfect protest at Defend Our Juries, proving Britain’s elders won’t be silenced despite government crackdowns, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER