Alaa Abdel Fattah, a prominent writer and pro-democracy activist, is one of Egypt’s highest-profile prisoners. Laila Soueif, ...

Cairo (AFP) – Jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah began a hunger strike at the start of the month after his mother was hospitalised more than 150 days into her own hunger strike ...

Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a critic of Egypt’s rulers, began refusing food on March 1 after learning his mother had been admitted to hospital during her own hunger strike last week, according to a ...

Laila Soueif, the mother of Alaa Abd El Fattah, one of Egypt’s most prominent political prisoners, has fasted for 151 days as she seeks his release. By Megan Specia Reporting from London The ...

Jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has begun a hunger strike after hearing that his mother Laila Soueif, 68, had been hospitalised after refusing food for more than 150 days, the ...

A British citizen who has been imprisoned in Egypt since 2019 has gone on hunger strike, his family has learned. Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a critic of Egypt’s rulers, began refusing food on March 1 ...