Dame Judi Dench, Stephen Fry and Carey Mulligan are among over two dozen celebrities who have joined forces in urging the British foreign secretary to immediately secure the release of a British citizen jailed in Egypt, as his family warn he may die after more than 70 days on hunger strike.
At least 25 actors, comedians and political thinkers from across the world penned the open letter, which is set to be sent to Liz Truss this week. It demanded she do more to help Alaa Abd el-Fattah, 40, a British-Egyptian activist, writer and father of a 10-year-old, who has spent most of the last decade in prison.
