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Sisters of Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah ask UK foreign office to secure his release

Name: Sisters of Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah ask UK foreign office to secure his release
Uploaded: 2022-10-20T17:46:14+0100
Description: The sisters of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah have staged a sit-in outside the UK Foreign Office since Tuesday, urging foreign secretary James Cleverly to take action to secure his release. Abdel Fattah has been on hunger strike for more than 200 days, and is now in his third year in jail.

Khaled Shalaby

Published date: 20 October 2022 17:47 BST | Last update: 1 year 6 months ago

The sisters of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah have staged a sit-in outside the UK Foreign Office since Tuesday, urging foreign secretary James Cleverly to take action to secure his release.

Abdel Fattah has been on hunger strike for more than 200 days, and is now in his third year in jail.

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