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 ...
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Starmer warned ‘act now before it's too late’ to free activist jailed in Cairo as his mother weakens from hunger strike
Today, his 68-year-old mother Professor Laila Soueif, who has been on hunger strike for 117 days in protest over her son’s ...
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Jailed writer’s plight a ‘focus’ of Lammy’s meeting with Egyptian counterpart
Laila Soueif, who has been on hunger strike for 117 days in protest over her son Alaa ... El-Fattah, 43, has been detained in Egypt since September 29 2019, and in December 2021 was sentenced ...
Journalist Peter Greste to go on hunger strike in support of former cellmate
Australian journalist Peter Greste is undertaking a hunger strike to increase diplomatic pressure about the unfair treatment ...
Journalist Peter Greste, Once Jailed in Egypt, Joins Hunger Strike for Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s Freedom
The prominent British Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah remains imprisoned in Cairo even after he completed his five-year ...
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Journalist Peter Greste to go on hunger strike in support of former cellmate
He was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment ... a hunger strike to raise awareness for his former cellmate, Alaa Abdel Fattah. The Egyptian-British blogger and political activist has been ...
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Lammy: Number one issue to secure release of jailed pro-democracy activist
David Lammy said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has made representations over the case of Alaa ... Fattah, 43, has been detained in Egypt since September 29 2019 and in December 2021 was ...