Alaa Abd El-Fattah
Egyptian writer and activist (born 1981)
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Alaa Ahmed Seif Abd-El Fattah, known professionally as Alaa Abd El-Fattah, is an Egyptian-British blogger, software developer and a political activist. He has been active in developing Arabic-language versions of software and platforms. He was imprisoned in Egypt for allegedly organising a political protest without requesting authorization, though he was released on bail on 23 March 2014. He was rearrested and ordered released on bail again on 15 September 2014, subsequently sentenced to a month of jail in absentia, and received a five-year sentence in February 2015, which he was released from in late March 2019. Abd El-Fattah remained subject to a five-year parole period, requiring him to stay at a police station for 12 hours daily, from evening until morning. On 29 September, during the 2019 Egyptian protests, Abd El-Fattah was arrested by the National Security Agency and taken to State Security Prosecution on charges that were unknown as of 29 September 2019. He was subsequently convicted of "spreading fake news" and jailed for five years. In April 2022 he began a hunger strike.
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'We are being ignored': Rishi Sunak urged to deliver on promise over jailed writerRishi Sunak has been urged to deliver on a promise to get jailed British writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah released from an Egyptian prison, where he has been denied access to a lawyer or the British..Sky News - Published | |
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Egyptian MP removed from COP27 meeting after shouting at jailed hunger striker's sister An Egyptian MP was removed from a news conference about jailed hunger striker Alaa Abd El-Fattah after he questioned whether the British-Egyptian was a political prisoner.Sky News - Published | |
Sister of jailed British-Egyptian writer arrives at COP27 to campaign for his release The sister of Egyptian-British hunger striker Alaa Abd El-Fattah is piling the pressure on Rishi Sunak to secure his release after arriving in Sharm el-Sheikh.Sky News - Published |
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