Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a critic of Egypt’s rulers, began refusing food on March 1. British citizen Alaa Abd El-Fattah has gone on hunger strike while imprisoned in Egypt, but his mother has moved ...

Laila Soueif, the mother of Alaa Abd El Fattah, one of Egypt’s most prominent political prisoners, has fasted for 151 days as she seeks his release. By Megan Specia Reporting from London The ...

A British citizen who has been imprisoned in Egypt since 2019 has gone on hunger strike, his family has learned. Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a critic of Egypt’s rulers, began refusing food on March 1 ...

Her family wants UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to telephone the Egyptian President, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, to resolve the case of her son, whose latest five-year sentence was due to have ended ...