Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd al-Fattah was released from prison on Monday, ending a six-year detention on charges widely decried as politically motivated, after the Egyptian government pardoned ...

Cairo (AFP) – Prominent Egyptian-British human rights defender Alaa Abdel Fattah was released from prison after years behind bars and reunited with his family in an emotional celebration following a ...

High-profile Egyptian British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah was released on Tuesday, his family said, a day after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned him and five other prisoners. Abd el-Fattah, 43, ...

Keir Starmer says he won’t stop doing ‘everything in my power’ to secure Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s release Mr Abd el-Fattah’s mother, Laila Soueif – also a British citizen – has campaigned tirelessly for ...

Prominent British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was released from prison in Cairo, his family said on Tuesday, prompting an emotional reunion with his loved ones after a pardon from President ...

A British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist who has spent years in prison has been released after being pardoned by Egypt's president, according to his lawyer. Alaa Abd El Fattah was released from Wadi ...

Responding to the news that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a pardon for Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, Kerry Moscogiuri, Director of Campaigns at Amnesty International, said: ...

Egyptian authorities have announced a presidential pardon for prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, imprisoned for nearly 12 years. Abd el-Fattah, a symbol of the Arab Spring uprising, was serving a ...

Egypt’s best-known political prisoner, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, was granted a presidential pardon on Monday and has reunited with his family after spending most of the last 12 years in prison. The writer ...

Prominent Egyptian-British human rights activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been freed after spending most of the past 12 years in prison, his family said, a day after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah ...