Laila Soueif says the UK government is waiting for her 'to be hospitalised' before acting to secure son's release ...

Tuesday marks 100 days since 68-year-old Laila Soueif started a hunger strike in a plea to the UK government to free her son ...

British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his ...

ALAA ABD EL-FATTAH: I mean, there’s been activists in Alexandria who have been sentenced for five years, I think — no, two years. Two years. And the verdict was confirmed in the appeals process.

Campaigners have urged the Prime Minister to step up his efforts to help free Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who has been detained since 2019 and is unable to see his young son who lives in Brighton.

British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, 43, has been detained in Egypt since September 29 2019 and in December 2021 was sentenced to five years in prison after being accused of ...

In a powerful message the actor, who won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of tycoon Logan Roy, called on the PM to secure Alaa Abd el-Fattah's release. Alaa's 68-year-old mother Laila Soueif is ...

Bill Nighy is the latest celebrity to send a Christmas video card to the Prime Minister appealing for his intervention to get Alaa Abd el-Fattah released.

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

Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s mother Laila Soueif, centre, has been on hunger strike for 85 days (Jordan Pettitt/PA) A jailed UK-Egypt pro-democracy activist feels “hurt” by Sir Keir Starmer not ...