Decision expected soon after reports in Cairo about status of imprisoned dual-national human rights activistKeir Starmer has spoken to Abdel Fatah al-Sisi amid reports the Egyptian president has directed his officials to study...
Read MoreWho is Alaa Abd el-Fattah and why are British diplomats trying to obtain his release? Patrick Wintour reportsLaila Soueif, 69, has been on hunger strike in London for more than 250 days in an effort to secure the release of her...
Read MoreSoueif is willing to do ‘what it takes’ to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah, after a lifetime of speaking up against injusticeLaila Soueif, lying shrunken on a hospital bed at St Thomas’ hospital in London on the 247th...
Read MoreActivist jailed in Egypt receives medical treatment and family worry his mother Laila Soueif is ‘dying in slow motion’The family of the imprisoned British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah say they fear for his...
Read MoreLaila Soueif is to meet the foreign secretary, who in opposition called for the release of Alaa Abd el-FattahThe British-born mother of an Egyptian political prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 58 days is preparing to...
Read MoreCairo seeks to keep lid on public anger and avoid escalation as IDF moves into Philadelphi corridor in breach of 1979 peace accordEgypt has reacted with a wall of silence to the Israeli takeover of a buffer zone in southern...
Read MorePM met Palestinian Authority leader in Egypt as part of tour of the region to try to prevent the conflict escalatingIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesRishi Sunak has held talks in Cairo with the leader of the...
Read MoreMore than 100 signatories express concern in letter to foreign secretary over lack of progress in case of Alaa Abd el-FattahMore than 100 MPs and peers have written to the foreign secretary to express concern over the lack of...
Read MoreSister says they need ‘proof of life’ amid concern for activist’s wellbeing and worries UK government not doing enoughThe family of jailed British-Egyptian hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah have voiced fears...
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