Sisters of Alaa Abd El-Fattah Stage U.K. Sit-In Demanding His Release from Egypt Prison Before COP27

The family of imprisoned Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been staging a sit-in outside the British foreign office to demand the government help release him. El-Fattah, who was recently granted British citizenship, has been on hunger strike for over 200 days to protest being held in harsh conditions during his seemingly endless jail sentence in Egypt. "We're not sure how much time is left. We're not sure how much his body can take," says his sister, Sanaa Seif.

Meanwhile, Egypt is preparing to host world leaders next month at the U.N.'s annual climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, a move that prominent environmentalist and author Naomi Klein calls "greenwashing." While the government embraces superficial causes to mitigate climate change such as recycling or solar panels, "what is not welcome would be pointing out this enormous lucrative network of deals that the military itself is engaged in that are linked to fossil fuels, that are linked to destroying remaining green space in cities like Cairo," says Klein. She adds that the international community should seize the opportunity to pressure Egypt into releasing its imprisoned political prisoners, who face brutal conditions.

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[sansnom]

Wow thank you democracy now for covering Alaa! My deepest respect to Alaa and his family for fighting for basic rights. We wish so much he gets t f out of this hell. Greetings from Egypt 💜💜

[BudandBloomWithBlossom]

THANK YOU to the young people/people who battle, sacrifice, endure torture, harsh criticism, hardship, for the freedom of us the world. They deserve our full attention AND full support until and after they are freed, and accomplish their goals. Their goals are imperative for our lives and liberty.

[norikadolmy]

If this man dies in prison, there needs to be severe consequences for Egypt

[azzaelgazzar]

Thanks for bringing up this terrible issue concerning so many heros in Egypt. But we see what happens with Assange's case.
England is following the USA Agenda .

[YasmineAsaadd]

Thank you for raising the problem of human rights in Egypt

[hughjassle]

So do you think if some of the people arrested for trespassing at the capital building, who were held for months in solitary confinement, without charges, without legal counsel, been abused by guards, denied medical attention, had stages an hunger strike it might have helped them?

[topgrain]

The Alaskan crab fishing season has been canceled for 2022/2023. The waters are too warm and badly overfished, so billions and billions of crabs have disappeared and are presumed dead. It is thought that fishing what remains could mean the end of snow crabs forever.

[shea]

Unfortunately someone has found it neccessary to edit and censor my comments. That's how confident they are!

[charlesnelson]

The blatant hypocrisy of 'democracy now' actually makes me boak.

[janiekcarney]

Starving yourself is stupid. It’s not going to make any difference in his release.

[topgrain]

There is a very small window to get any attention to what you say on Democracy Now videos. I give up.

[stingray]

The man is a criminal he deserves what he gets

[MrsWachira]

May God bless this man and his family.

[ellencooney]

Our Bible says that the weakest among us are indispensable. May God's power be known in your family's time of vulnerability.

[بهايموحميرقردوغانابوشخة]

Where are human rights in the United States?😆

[بهايموحميرقردوغانابوشخة]

This is the climate and environment summit
It is not a place for settling political scores 😆