The software developer is one of Egypt’s top political prisoners and is already on a hunger strike
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Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah stands out outside the Tora criminal police institute in Cairo in July 2014.
A Briton illegally imprisoned in Egypt will pass food and water when the Cop27 weather summit begins in Sharm el-Sheikh next week.
Alaa-Abdel Fattah, 40, has been eating a hundred calories a day for more than two hundred days in protest at the Egyptian authorities’ refusal to grant him a consular visit.
His sister, Mona Seif, said her brother would start a hunger strike starting Tuesday and that starting Sunday, Nov. 6, when the weather replacement convention will be held, he will also refuse to drink water.
Mona Seif tells her brother to end his ordeal
In a series of social media posts, he warned: “If there is no urgent action, Alaa will die before the climate summit ends.
“Alaa is beaten and can’t take it anymore. The frame does not hold without water. I feel like my center is going to break. . . But at the same time I perceive that this is not a way of life for you.
The software developer is one of Egypt’s most prominent political prisoners and has come under fire by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s administration.
He is most recently serving a five-year sentence after being convicted of spreading false news after sharing posts about the horrific arrest on social media.
After her sister announced her growing hunger strike, Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran tweeted: “This is also now. His life is in danger. “
“I urge the government to do everything imaginable to get Alaa out as soon as possible. “
Last week, sixty-four MPs and colleagues from Westminster wrote to Foreign Secretary James Cleverely to warn him that Cleverely’s life would be at “grave risk”.
Sanaa Seif, Alaa’s sister, her sit-in in front of the Chancellery
The letter said: “We are involved in Egypt, a long-time strategic spouse of the UK, acting with blatant disregard for our government’s valid duty to care for British citizens.
“COP27, in a few days, will be a time of intense public scrutiny of Egypt,” the letter continues.
“Several leading UK meteorological teams have already expressed fears that the convention will be used to cover human rights fears in the country.
“We perceive that the UK government has helped the Egyptians carry out a complex logistical operation and protect the legacy of COP26. We also ask you to ensure that the UK seizes the opportunity to secure Alaa’s release.
MP David Lammy joins the circle of family members sitting in front of the CDF by Alaa-Abdel Fattah
Abdel-Fattah’s other sister, Sanaa, who is also a political activist, staged an outdoor sit-in at the Foreign Office, Commonwealth and Development to protest her brother’s remedy last week.
From his tent, he said he is “terrified” to think of what will happen to his “already weak body. “
He added: “Alaa has been on hunger strike for over two hundred days; At that time we had 3 governments, all of which let us down, without achieving even the maximum essential consular access.
“It is insufferable to think that the existing political chaos can claim his life. “
Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah stands out outside the Tora criminal police institute in Cairo in July 2014.
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Mona Seif tells her brother to end his ordeal
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Sanaa Seif, Alaa’s sister, her sit-in in front of the Chancellery
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MP David Lammy joins the circle of family members sitting in front of the CDF by Alaa-Abdel Fattah
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