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Sister Mona Seif (front left) and mother Laila Soueif (centre right) of 40-year-old British-Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah, take part in a vigil for the jailed pro-democracy activist who has been incarcerated in Egypt for most of the past decade, outs
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A JAILED British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist feels “hurt” by Sir Keir Starmer not raising his case with his Egyptian counterpart, his family said today.
Campaigners have urged the Prime Minister to step up his efforts to help free Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who has been detained since 2019 and is unable to see his young son, who lives in Brighton.
Human rights experts, including Amnesty International secretary-general Agnes Callamard, have written to Sir Keir insisting that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi can “resolve this case with the stroke of a pen” and they are “convinced” the PM’s direct intervention is needed.
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