The family of one of Egypt’s top jailed pro-democracy activists warn that the clock is ticking on his life as they plead with world leaders at the U.N. climate conference to press Egypt for his release.
Alaa Abdel-Fattah — who has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his criticism of its rulers and last year was sentenced to five more years over a retweet — escalated a months-long hunger strike. He completely halted all intake of calories, then stopped drinking water Sunday, the conference’s first day.
