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Alaa Abd el-Fattah is a British-Egyptian writer, software developer & Amnesty Prisoner of Conscience unjustly imprisoned in Egypt #FreeAlaa
ANATOMY OF A HUNGER STRIKE The third video of our series getting up close and personal with Laila Soueif and her hunger strike for her son’s freedom. What does a life on hunger strike look like? A day? A morning? How has Dr. Laila kept herself going for the unprecedented…
Strong piece from Abdelrahman El-Gendy in the Washington Post.
For the @washingtonpost, I wrote about Laila Soueif—not only the grieving mother starving for her son’s release, but the towering icon of dissent with a legacy all her own. No matter how this ends, Laila lives. wapo.st/3HT3xin @FreedomForAlaa
For the @washingtonpost, I wrote about Laila Soueif—not only the grieving mother starving for her son’s release, but the towering icon of dissent with a legacy all her own. No matter how this ends, Laila lives. wapo.st/3HT3xin @FreedomForAlaa
A message from Sanaa: "I'll visit Alaa tomorrow and fly back to London after tomorrow. I was hoping to have any good news to tell him, but unfortunately there's nothing. Mama has been given one bag of glucose on a drip over 24 hrs since I left. She agreed with the doctors to…
Mum has switched to partial hunger strike to allow more time for the efforts to #FreeAlaa We're grateful for everyone showing solidarity, thanks to u we remain hopeful that our family will be reunited & mum will enjoy the company of all her children & grandchildren one day soon.
Strong language from the Foreign Secretary in parliament today but will he act with real urgency?? There are no more days. #SaveLaila #FreeAlaa #FreeThemAll
Strong language from the Foreign Secretary in parliament today but will he act with real urgency?? There are no more days. #SaveLaila #FreeAlaa #FreeThemAll
Thank you again to John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP - one of the most principled members of parliament and a tireless advocate for those in need.
The Guardian view on Egypt and Alaa Abd el-Fattah: Starmer and Lammy vowed to do all they can. So do it theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
"The British Government has to act. The British Government has leverage. The British Government can do more than it has, hitherto, done." Thank you, @BrendanOHaraMP Laila is in a critical condition. The next few hours are crucial. #FreeAlaa
Beautiful, creative, inventive acts of solidarity being shown for Alaa and Dr Laila around the world. huckmag.com/article/uk-bus…
Laila Soueif’s blood sugar plummeted to 0.9 mmol/L in St Thomas’ Hospital last night. Keir Starmer and David Lammy, please, we are out of time. We need you to live up to the promises you made in opposition, and to the commitments you've made to free Alaa in government.
A 🧵 of @DavidLammy the Foreign Secretary's record on Alaa - and why his family are hopeful for change under Labour. July 4th 2022: then Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy wrote to then Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. x.com/DavidLammy/sta…
Dear @DavidLammy I am sending you a video for #FathersDay #FreeAlaa @Monasosh @sana2 @FreedomForAlaa @AIUKCCNAT @AmnestyUK @AmnestyMENA
Another Father's Day passes and Alaa remains in prison, separated from his son who has grown up almost entirely without him. 2 years ago Mark Ruffalo, Olivia Colman, Carey Mulligan, Emily Watson, Khalid Abdalla, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Spector and Richard Ratcliffe read from…
This week I joined the vigil outside St Thomas’ hospital for Leila, the mother of Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a British citizen who is being unjustly imprisoned in Egypt. Leila has been on hunger strike for over 250 days. It’s time for the government to take real action to #FreeAlaa…
On Monday, Laila’s daughter, Mona Seif, joined the vigil outside St Thomas’s hospital where she spoke to supporters, saying of her mother, “Nobody can explain how it is that she is still holding on. It’s beyond the realms of medical science as we know it… but I honestly believe…
At a recent vigil outside St Thomas’ Hospital, a supporter named Jacob spoke movingly about his connection to Laila and her family’s fight to Free Alaa. Comparing the struggle of the Brigaders during the Spanish Civil War with that of Laila and family, he recited the following…
I joined colleagues at the vigil outside St Thomas’ in solidarity with Laila Soueif, now over 250 days into a hunger strike in protest at her son Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s continued imprisonment in Egypt. Her condition is critical. Keir Starmer must act to save her life & free Alaa.