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The Latest Breaking News from Laila Soueif

Release of activist jailed in Egypt will take time, Starmer tells mother

Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike for 124 days in protest at her son Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s imprisonment.

Evening Standard

Jailed writer’s plight a ‘focus’ of Lammy’s meeting with Egyptian counterpart

Laila Soueif has critcised the Prime Minister for not having ‘deigned to reply’ to a letter she sent him about her son’s plight.

Evening Standard

Family of jailed dissident urge Lammy to prioritise case as he visits Egypt

‘Moment of truth’ for UK foreign secretary over Alaa Abd El Fattah, who is still being held in a Cairo prison

The Guardian - UK

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Family hope David Lammy’s Egypt visit can lead to release of jailed writer

The Foreign Secretary will raise the case of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah on Thursday.

Evening Standard

I owe Alaa Abd el-Fattah my life, which is why I am going on a hunger strike to help free him

If anybody represents the very British values of democracy, respect for human rights, justice and due process, it is the Egyptian activist

The Guardian - AU

Lammy: Number one issue to secure release of jailed pro-democracy activist

British-Egyptian dual national Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been detained since 2019 and his mother has spent more than 100 days on hunger strike.

Evening Standard

Mother marks 100 days of hunger strike in bid to free jailed son

British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his criticism of Egypt’s rulers.

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Jailed activist ‘hurt’ PM did not raise case with Egyptian leader, says family

Campaigners want Sir Keir Starmer to make a direct intervention with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to help free Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

Evening Standard

‘I’ll starve myself until I collapse to secure my son’s release from Egyptian prison,’ vows grandmother

Exclusive: Pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has been in prison in Egypt for more than 10 years on charges the United Nations says are unjust

The Independent UK

Alaa Abd el-Fattah: mother on hunger strike takes protest to Westminster

Laila Soueif to sit outside Foreign Office over Cairo’s extended detention of her British-Egyptian dissident son

The Guardian - UK

Hunger strike mother steps up action in bid to free son jailed in Egypt

Alaa Abd El-Fattah has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his criticism of Egypt’s rulers.

Evening Standard

‘Time is running out’: 12 Nobel laureates urge Keir Starmer to intervene in case of jailed activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah

Writers JM Coetzee, Annie Ernaux, Kazuo Ishiguro and Olga Tokarczuk are among the laureates imploring the prime minister to act on behalf of the British Egyptian political prisoner

The Guardian - UK

David Lammy to appoint envoy to support Britons detained abroad

After Guardian reporting, foreign secretary looks at cases of thousands who need consular help each year

The Guardian - UK

Starmer urged to intervene in bid to free Alaa Abd El-Fattah from Egyptian jail

Laila Soueif, Mr El-Fattah’s mother, is 58 days into a hunger strike and urged ministers to help free her son.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

British mother of Egyptian political prisoner to press Lammy to take action

Laila Soueif is to meet the foreign secretary, who in opposition called for the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah

Evening Standard

UK-Egypt relationship ‘important’ amid calls to free Alaa Abd El-Fattah

David Lammy faced questions about possible economic threats amid efforts to free the dual-national citizen detained in Egypt.

The Independent UK

Mother of jailed Egyptian-British activist hopes she doesn’t die in hunger strike to secure his release

INTERVIEW: Laila Soueif tells Tom Watling that UK foreign secretary David Lammy has failed to help her son despite spending years in opposition calling for his release

The Independent UK

Family urges UK Government to do more to free jailed British-Egyptian writer

Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s mother, Laila Soueif, has travelled to London to raise his case while taking part in a hunger strike.

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The Guardian - UK

UK has failed to act to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah from jail in Egypt, family says

Rishi Sunak told activist’s sister in 2022 that government was ‘totally committed’ to resolving the case

The Independent UK

Family of jailed British-Egyptian activist lead vigil to demand his release

Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s sister Mona Seif said that her family had been ‘let down’ by world leaders, particularly Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Daily Mirror

Brit stuck in jail in Egypt has 'deteriorated' since he started hunger strike

Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his criticism of Egypt's rulers, went on hunger strike earlier this month as the UN climate conference came to Sharm el-Sheikh

Al Jazeera

Jailed Egyptian activist’s health ‘deteriorated severely’: Family

Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s family allowed to visit prison for the first time in a month since he escalated his hunger strike.

The Independent UK

Alaa Abd el-Fattah: Jailed British-Egyptian activist ends hunger strike

It comes one day after he broke a water strike

France 24

Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah breaks hunger strike

The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah said Tuesday they received a letter from him saying he has ended his hunger strike.

Al Jazeera

Jailed Egyptian hunger striker had medical intervention: Family

Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s family fear prison officials in Egypt have force-fed him, which they say would amount to torture.

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