SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – The circle of relatives of imprisoned Egyptian-British striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah said Tuesday (November 8) that they had not heard from him since he had to prevent drinking water two days ago, and the United Nations human rights leader warned that his life is in grave danger.
Abd el-Fattah, a prominent activist and blogger, sentenced in December 2021 to five years for spreading false news and has been on hunger strike for 220 days, since 2 April, against his detention and detention conditions.
In an escalation that coincided with the arrival of world leaders in Egypt for the COP27 weather conference, he informed his circle of relatives that he would prevent drinking water on Sunday.
His mother says she did not receive a weekly letter from him on Monday when he visited Cairo’s criminal northwest, despite the hours of waiting.
“We don’t know where he is. We don’t know if he’s alive,” Abd el-Fattah’s sister, Sanaa Seif, told reporters at the United Nations’ annual gathering of world leaders to discuss global warming, held this year at Sharm el-Sheikh’s Red Sea Hotel.
U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called for the prompt release of Abd el-Fattah, who he said was “in wonderful danger. “
“His dry blow is life-threatening,” Turk said.
Asked about the fact that he has already died, given the lack of communication, the Volk spokesman said in Geneva: “We are very involved in his fitness and there is also a lack of transparency around his current condition. “
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who attended the COP27 climate talks on Monday, told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that he hoped the issue would be resolved as soon as possible.
However, Seif said Britain had not responded to his request for evidence that his brother was alive.
“I have asked the British government to provide us with proof that Alaa is alive and conscious, I have won any response. “
Asked about the case on Monday, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told CNBC that the criminal government would provide physical care to Abd el-Fattah.
Egyptian officials responded to Reuters’ requests for comment on Abd el-Fattah. They previously said he won meals.
Amr Darwish, an Egyptian MP who attended COP27, said Abd el-Fattah had been convicted through a court and his family’s request for foreign support, which pro-government figures described as interference in Egypt’s internal affairs.
Abd el-Fattah rose to prominence in the 2011 Egyptian popular uprising that led to Egypt’s first democratic presidential election. The new president of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Mursi, was ousted by the army, then led by Sisi, after mass protests against his rule. in July 2013.
The following month, security forces dispersed two pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo, killing many civilians.
Abd el-Fattah, a software developer from a militant family, was arrested in the resulting crackdown on Islamists, leftists and liberals, and has been in prison most of the time since.
Some rights activists have criticized Egypt’s resolution to host COP27, bringing up what they say is its crackdown on political dissent. They also expressed their fear and area of protests at the UN climate talks.
Sisi said the security measures were to stabilize Egypt after the 2011 uprising Rappler. com.