Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s mother speaks on his detention

Laila Soueif, the mother of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, spoke on Monday in London, UK, about her son’s detention.

Abd el-Fattah was an icon of the 2011 Egyptian revolution and has spent eight of the past 10 years in jail on various charges.

More than 100 lawmakers have written to the UK government calling for it to update travel advice for visitors to Egypt to include information on the detainment of UK nationals, in light of the continued imprisonment of Abd el-Fattah.

The letter was handed over to a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) official outside the department building in London by Abd el-Fattah’s mother, and his sister Mona, during a protest on Monday.

The statement also urged the UK government to use the UN Human Rights Council to lead a joint condemnation of human rights abuses in Egypt

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Western human rights organizations where art thou?

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يسقط يسقط يسقط حكم صهيون