Britain, France Raise Hunger Striker Case With Egypt's Sisi
Britain, France raise hunger striker case with Egypt's Sisi
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Britain, France raise hunger striker case with Egypt's Sisi
Speaking in Sharm el-Sheikh, Sanaa Seif says her hunger-striking brother is an 'innocent man', as UK prime minister and French president also appeal for dissident's release
Three Egyptian journalists said Monday they had begun hunger strikes to demand authorities free Alaa Abdel Fattah, a jailed political dissident who has been refusing food and now water too. British-Egyptian Abdel Fattah, 40, a major figure in the 2011 revolt that toppled longtime president Hosni Mubarak, stopped drinking water on Sunday to coincide with the opening of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. "We have stopped eating now because Alaa Abdel Fattah is in danger of dying," journalist Mona Selim told AFP during a sit-in at the journalists' union in Cairo.
Eman Ouf, Mona Selim and Racha Azab raise plight of detainees, as world leaders arrive in Egypt for climate summit
France's President Macron and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak both raised the case of jailed activist Alaa Abdel Fattah with Egypt's President al-Sisi at COP27.