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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ruth Michaelson

Family call on UK to ensure British activist goes free from Egyptian jail

Alaa Abd el-Fattah
Alaa Abd el-Fattah become a British citizen in December 2021 while incarcerated in Egypt. Photograph: c/ Omar Robert Hamilton/Reuters

The family of Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a British activist and author imprisoned in Egypt, are calling on the UK government as well as the Egyptian authorities to ensure he walks free at the end of this month after five years in detention.

“Let’s remember that this is an innocent man who has committed no crime, but even so he will have served his time on 29 September,” said Abd el-Fattah’s sister, Sanaa Seif.

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