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Politics
Richard Wheeler

Starmer urged to ‘deploy every tool’ to free jailed British activist

People at an Amnesty International vigil for British-Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Archive)

Sir Keir Starmer has been urged by 100 MPs and peers to “deploy every tool” available to help free a jailed British citizen on hunger strike for more than 80 days.

A letter from the parliamentarians sent to the Prime Minister warns the case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah is at a “vital stage” and a resolution is required to protect his health and that of his mother, who has also stepped up her long-term hunger strike.

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