The regime in Egypt “will be smelling the weakness” in British foreign secretary James Cleverly’s recent comments regarding jailed pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, a former ambassador to Cairo has warned.
Accusing Mr Cleverly of “talking as if it’s just a procedural disagreement amongst friends”, James Casson urged the UK government to end the phase of “polite requests” and make the British-Egyptian national’s case “the defining issue” in its relationship with Cairo.
