British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah to be freed from prison | Egypt
The Egyptian state media reported that Alaa Alaa Alaa Alaa Alaa Alaa US al-Fattah will be released from prison after serving for six years to like a Facebook post.
Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi gave his freedom after the British government made intense lobbying and the pressure from the Egyptian National Human Rights Council.
It is known that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer phoned three times for the release of US al-Fattah. National Security Advisor Jonathan Powell, former Foreign Minister David Lammy wanted to be released. It may have played a role in the president’s decision, including how to handle the problem in Anglo-Angitic Official Relations.
Laila Soueif, a 69-year-old mother of US al-Fattah, was taken to hospital twice after going to hunger strikes to ensure its release. The well -known activist and mathematics professor also kept watch out of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Downing Street and said he was ready to die to ensure that his son was released.
The campaign was also ruled by two US-Fattah’s two sisters Mona and Sanaa and other family members. Fearful that everything they could say could disrupt a delicate process, they tried to keep a low profile when they tried to know the possibility of release. After hearing the news about the release of his brother, Mona published a short tweet in Arabic: “My heart will explode.”
The release of the US al-Fattah was reported by al-Qahera News, which is affiliated to Egypt’s intelligence service. “Egyptian President forgives a series of convicted people after receiving constitutional and legal procedures. Pardon… Alaa Ahmed Seif al-Islam includes US al-Fatah.”
The Human Rights Council had proposed seven prisoners, but their suggestions were not always followed.
It is reported that they went to the Cairo prison where supporters were detained to meet their release. If this has not yet happened, he is expected to encounter an output interview, and his desire will eventually travel to England.
The members of the family said that they follow the developments in real time.
Free Alaa campaign family and spokesperson a member said: “We learned this through news like everyone else. Family members are now in prison to learn more. It is difficult to believe that it may be after all these years.”
Abd al-Fattah, an author and supporter of the Arab Spring, has been imprisoned since 2019. In 2021, he was sentenced to five years in prison, but the authorities claimed that he had not been sentenced to two years of punishment. He was convicted of spreading false news and damaging the national interests of Egypt. A UN panel found a claim that the US al-Fattah had emerged that shared a Facebook post about the death of a prison prisoner.
