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Lawyer for activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah being prevented from visit - sister

Mona Seif Alaa Abd elFattah
FILE PHOTO: Egyptian-British hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah poses for a photo in unknown location, in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters on November 8, 2022. Courtesy of Omar Robert Hamilton/Handout via REUTERS

The lawyer representing Egyptian-British hunger striker Alaa Abd El-Fattah is being prevented from visiting him in prison, despite saying earlier on Thursday that he had been given permission to do so, Abd El-Fattah's sister Mona Seif said on Twitter.

(Reporting by Nafisa Eltahir; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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