PM writes to family of jailed British-Egyptian writer

Rishi Sunak has written to the family of a jailed British-Egyptian writer calling for an end to the detainee's "unacceptable treatment" in a Cairo prison.

Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been in jail in Egypt for almost a decade and was sentenced in December after being accused of spreading fake news.

His sisters, Sanaa and Mona Seif, along with other family members, are campaigning to ge the pro-democracy writer and activist released.

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[edwardreynolds]

Why do some people stir up trouble in FOREIGN places and then expect sympathy for the state they end up in.
Everywhere doesn't have the same way of life. That's the way it is.
We'll have the same in Quatar during World Cup.

[C.P]

I'm confused, who the f*#! Is the prime minister

[farmerned]

After the ungratful Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, cost the UK BILLIONS in Danegeld - naff off

and round up the illegal economic beggars invading the UK and send them back accross the channel

[j.j.anthony]

I've not seen news for a while so didn't know PM had swapped over, Truss doesn't engage her brain before opening her mouth and could cause conflicts.

[unionjackjackson]

Being an activist this is part of the commitment isn’t it? He knew it would happen!

[andysee]

He had no right to British citizenship so how did he get it?

[lunchymunchy]

Well I feel sorry for her and her family, in prison for sharing a Facebook post or daring to speak out against the status quo... increasingly the way the U.K. is heading I fear...

[paulb]

No sympathy. He chose to take the risk.

[arielsterling]

Why do they wait until the 9th hour to flag these things up . Less haste more pace please 😢😢 smh .

[jacobzaranyika]

My son doesn't even have a visit at all, never mind once each month. Even FaceTime is deliberately blocked. Hasn't seen his mom since March, in Canada, a western "democracy", for the terrible crime and sin of freedom of expression. Calling a doll a doll - 2022...

[leerubybritvic]

I don't know anything about this man.

[lordtywinofhouselannister]

Democracy activists.
What does democracy or Authoritarian state mean to these international hyenas?

[lordtywinofhouselannister]

British Egyptian...
It just sounds soo weird.

[stringer-ikpc]

It's a pity nadine zahawi Radcliffe didn't do the same.

[jjyoutube]

The foreign PM would write to a foreign prisoner.

[earnestequivocation]

Perhaps he could write to his wife about remaining fully invested in Putin's Moscow whilst he's at it.

[indigoskyfall]

I imagine that’s of huge comfort to them…

[hraslan]

Why is PM writing to a convict who wrote tweets to support and call for terrorism and killing police and army officers? Which country allows this? Why are UK tax payers money spent on him who never apologized and his family who was given the chance to move to UK?

[بهايموحميرقردوغانابوشخة]

This criminal Alaa Abdel-Fattah kidnapped a weapon from a soldier and threw it in the Nile 😡😡😡

[lordtywinofhouselannister]

British Egyptian Mossad Agent bringing democracy to Egypt