British MPs urge fresh action to secure Egyptian dissident’s release
British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah is serving a five-year prison sentence in Egypt for ‘spreading false news’ by sharing a Facebook post about police brutality. – AFP pic, July 3, 2023.
MORE than 100 British lawmakers today expressed concern at the lack of progress in the case of a jailed British-Egyptian activist and urged the UK government to adopt “fresh approaches” to secure his release. Alaa Abdel Fattah – a key figure in the 2011 revolt that topped Egyptian autocrat Hosni Mubarak – was given British citizenship last year through his British-born mother.
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