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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea and Rowena Mason

Cooper launches review of ‘serious failures’ in Alaa Abd el-Fattah case

Abd el-Fattah in a yellow T-shirt with his arm around his sister and mother
Alaa Abd el-Fattah in Egypt with his sister, Sanaa, and mother, Laila, after his release from prison in September. Photograph: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

Yvette Cooper has launched a review looking into “serious information failures” around the case of a British-Egyptian activist welcomed to the UK despite his past tweets now called “abhorrent” by the government.

Keir Starmer said he was “delighted” by Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s arrival on Friday but a political storm erupted after social media posts from a decade ago were unearthed including some in which the activist had called for Zionists to be killed.

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