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Evening Standard
Politics
Richard Wheeler

Lammy: Number one issue to secure release of jailed pro-democracy activist

Foreign Secretary David Lammy (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Freeing a British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist is the “number one issue” and senior UK officials will “do all we can”, according to the Foreign Secretary.

David Lammy said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has made representations over the case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah with his Egyptian counterpart in recent days while the national security adviser (NSA), Jonathan Powell, also visited the country.

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