Hollywood stars Dame Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, Mark Ruffalo and Carey Mulligan are among those to campaign for Mr Abd el-Fattah's release
Alaa Abd El-Fattah was sentenced to five years in prison after being accused of spreading false newsLiz Truss has vowed to intervene to help free a British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist who has been on a hunger strike for 81 days after being detained in Egypt.
"But he is on day 81 of hunger strike now and time is running out. I hope they decide to fully commit before it's too late." "He's an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience and has been in prison for his pro-democracy views for eight of the last nine years since took power.
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