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The Latest Breaking News from Sanaa Seif

British-Egyptian activist stopped from flying to UK, says family

Egyptian authorities prevented Alaa Abd el-Fattah from attending human rights awards in London

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2025

Arbitrary detention victims urge Starmer to press Modi on jailed British Sikh

Activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been held in Indian prison for nearly eight years without full trial

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025

UK Considers Envoy For Britons Held Abroad

Britain is preparing to emulate the United States by appointing an envoy tasked with freeing citizens arbitrarily detained abroad, as it faces calls to do more to bring them home.

International Business Times · Jun 29, 2025

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Cautious optimism in UK on progress to secure British-Egyptian dissident’s release

Writer’s mother eases hunger strike as Starmer raises Alaa Abd el-Fattah case in phone call with Egypt’s president

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2025

Laila Soueif’s survival despite nearly 250 day hunger strike is a ‘miracle’, says family

Laila Soueif, 69, is currently at St Thomas’s Hospital suffering from extremely low blood sugar levels as she protests the imprisonment of her son

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2025

Jailed activist’s mother says she is prepared to die on hunger strike as she reaches nearly 250 days

“Don’t let my death be in vain,” the 69-year-old said

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2025

Hunger-striking mother of jailed activist prepared to die to ‘get Alaa out’

Laila Soueif, who has lost 42% of her bodyweight and weighs 49kg, has not eaten for more than eight months in protest of her son’s sentence in Egypt.

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2025

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‘We don’t want her to die’: Family of grandmother on 150 day hunger strike accuse government of ‘gambling’ with her life

Laila Soueif, 68, plans to continue her hunger strike despite being hospitalised with dangerously low blood sugar levels

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2025

Jailed activist ‘hurt’ PM did not raise case with Egyptian leader, says family

Campaigners want Sir Keir Starmer to make a direct intervention with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to help free Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

Evening Standard · Dec 23, 2024

‘Beyond our dreams’: exiled Syrian activists set sights on returning home

Fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime marks end of a chapter for citizens that began with Arab spring uprising

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2024

Mother of jailed Egyptian-British activist hopes she doesn’t die in hunger strike to secure his release

INTERVIEW: Laila Soueif tells Tom Watling that UK foreign secretary David Lammy has failed to help her son despite spending years in opposition calling for his release

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024

Family call on UK to ensure British activist goes free from Egyptian jail

Alaa Abd el-Fattah is due to complete five-year sentence over social media post but family fear further charges

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2024

UK has failed to act to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah from jail in Egypt, family says

Rishi Sunak told activist’s sister in 2022 that government was ‘totally committed’ to resolving the case

The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2023

My brother the political prisoner, by Sanaa Seif

I was just his little sister, now I’m trying to free him from an Egyptian prison. By Sanaa Seif

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022

Cop27 backfires for Egypt as signs of repression mar attempt to bolster image

Harassment of climate summit delegates and holding pen for protesters mar country’s attempt to polish international reputation

Al Jazeera · Nov 15, 2022

Activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah breaks hunger strike in Egypt

The jailed pro-democracy campaigner stopped eating on November 1 and attracted attention as Egypt hosted COP27.

Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2022

Alaa Abd El-Fattah: Jailed British-Egyptian activist ‘breaks hunger strike’

The family said they received a note in his handwriting from prison saying ‘I’ve broken my strike’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2022

Alaa Abd el-Fattah has ended hunger strike, sister says

British-Egyptian political prisoner had been on a partial hunger strike of 100 calories or less a day for six months

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Reuters · Nov 15, 2022

Egyptian-British activist breaks hunger strike, according to letter on Twitter

The family of Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah said that he had broken his hunger strike, according to a letter posted on Twitter by his sister Sanaa Seif.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 14, 2022

UN probes reports of Egyptian police spying on Cop27 delegates

Attendees of the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt have been warned they may be subject to spying by Egyptian security agents, with United Nations officers on Monday confirming they're looking into allegations of surveillance and misconduct by Egyptian police.

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2022

Alaa Abdel-Fattah: Jailed British-Egyptian activist is still alive, says sister

Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s sister Sanaa Seif said they have received a prison note in his handwriting

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022

Alaa Abd el-Fattah: family of activist jailed in Egypt say he is alive

‘Proof of life’ note says writer, who has been on hunger strike, is drinking water again

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

Jailed British-Egyptian activist is still alive, says sister

Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s sister Sanaa Seif said they have received a note from the prison authorities in his handwriting.

Al Jazeera · Nov 12, 2022

COP27 protesters call for climate reparations, human rights

Demonstrators call for the release of political prisoners, chanting ‘no climate justice without human rights’.

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2022

Hundreds protest for climate action at UN summit

Hundreds of activists called on industrialized nations to pay for the impact of climate change and to speed up the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy on Saturday in the largest protest yet at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt

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