Hunger striker’s sister to push for his release in Egypt COP27
2 years, 2 months ago

Hunger striker’s sister to push for his release in Egypt COP27

Al Jazeera  

Sanaa Seif said she will pressure leaders for the release of her activist brother Alaa Abd el-Fattah at the climate summit. The sister of Egyptian-British hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah has landed in Sharm el-Sheikh to campaign for his release as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and other world leaders began the COP27 climate summit. “I’m here to do my best to try and shed light on my brother’s case and to save him,” said Sanaa Seif, Abd el-Fattah’s sister, after arriving in Sharm el-Sheikh in the early hours of Monday. I’m here to put pressure on all leaders coming, especially Prime Minister Rishi Sunak,” said Seif, who had recently been leading a sit-in outside the British Foreign Office in London.

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Family: Egypt activist very, very thin after hunger strike
2 years, 1 month ago

Family: Egypt activist very, very thin after hunger strike

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah said they were allowed to see him for the first time in nearly a month on Thursday and that he is “very very thin” after ending a hunger strike that prompted widespread concern for his health. “He was exhausted, weak and vulnerable,” the family said in a statement, read out …

Jailed Egyptian activist on hunger strike is hospitalized, family says
2 years, 2 months ago

Jailed Egyptian activist on hunger strike is hospitalized, family says

The Hindu  

Egyptian prison authorities have intervened medically with jailed pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who this week escalated a food and water strike demanding his release, coinciding with Egypt’s hosting of the U.N. climate summit, his mother said. The nature of the intervention was not known, but the family has expressed fears prison officials would force-feed Mr. Abdel-Fattah, which they said would …

Jailed Egyptian activist on ‘water strike’ as UK PM vows support
2 years, 2 months ago

Jailed Egyptian activist on ‘water strike’ as UK PM vows support

Al Jazeera  

Alaa Abd el-Fattah has stopped drinking water, his family says, as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vows to lobby for his release. Jailed Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has stopped drinking water, his family said on Sunday, escalating his hunger strike as the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he will raise his case with Cairo during the COP27 …

COP27: Nobel Prize winners demand Egypt free political prisoners
2 years, 2 months ago

COP27: Nobel Prize winners demand Egypt free political prisoners

Al Jazeera  

More than a dozen Nobel Literature laureates have called on world leaders to pressure the COP27 International Climate Conference host, Egypt, to free the “thousands” of political prisoners languishing in the country’s prisons, including prominent jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah. In the letter, sent to the United Nations, the European Council, and heads of state in France, the United …

Family: Egypt activist in prison starts ‘full hunger strike’
2 years, 2 months ago

Family: Egypt activist in prison starts ‘full hunger strike’

Associated Press  

LONDON — Egypt’s most prominent imprisoned activist went on a “full hunger strike”’ on Tuesday and plans to stop drinking water on the first day of the global climate summit next week, his family said. As international spotlight focuses on Egypt ahead of the climate summit — or COP27 — in the Red Sea town of Sharm el-Sheikh, Abdel-Fattah’s family …

‘Dead or free’: Alaa Abd el-Fattah escalates hunger strike
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Dead or free’: Alaa Abd el-Fattah escalates hunger strike

Al Jazeera  

The jailed British-Egyptian activist will stop drinking water on Sunday as world leaders gather at COP27. Prominent jailed Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has begun a full hunger strike ahead of the COP27 climate summit, as supporters say he will be either dead or free when world leaders convene in Sharm el-Sheikh next week. Abd el-Fattah said in a letter …

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