Foreign secretary urged to act over jailed British–Egyptian hunger striker

David Lammy, shadow foreign secretary (second right) with Mona (left) and Sanaa Seif, sisters of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, protest outside the Foreign Office. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

The foreign secretary, James Cleverly, has been accused by MPs and peers of ignoring the case of jailed British-Egyptian hunger striker Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

He has also been accused of failing to engage with the activist’s sister, Sanaa Seif, who has camped outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office for 10 days in an effort to force the British government to act.