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Apr 8 2025 7:10pm
Egypt: Ahmadi minority must be protected from arrest, disappearance and threatened deportation
At least four men were arrested or disappeared last month for openly f...
Feb 25 2025 1:23pm
UK/Egypt: Mother's hunger strike for imprisoned activist son Alaa Abd El-Fattah 'could be a matter of life and death'
Laila Soueif, 68, has been hospitalised with dangerously low blood sug...
Feb 24 2025 10:08am
UK: David Lammy must ramp up pressure on Egypt to release Alaa Abd El-Fattah at UN Human Rights Council
58th session of the UN Human Rights Council begins today   25 human...
Feb 16 2025 2:52pm
UK: PM must take 'urgent action' after meeting with Alaa Abdel Fattah's mother and committing to secure release
Alaa Abdel Fattah, an Egyptian-British national has been in detention ...
Jan 22 2025 3:58pm
UK: Family and campaigners call on David Lammy to visit Alaa Abdel Fattah in jail while in Egypt - Letter
‘I’ve been on hunger strike for over 100 days because I cannot allow m...
Dec 18 2024 11:38am
UK: Laila Soueif to mark 81st day of hunger strike with Christmas vigil outside Downing St
Actor and activist Khalid Abdalla to show his solidarity with the fami...
Nov 26 2024 6:23pm
UK: mother of jailed British writer Alaa Abdel Fattah to deliver copy of his book to No10
The mother of the jailed British writer Aala Abdel Fattah, Laila Souei...
Nov 4 2024 12:14pm
Write for Rights: Amnesty launches annual letter-writing campaign to help people imprisoned for speaking truth to power
Amnesty International launches flagship Write for Rights campaign to h...
Oct 11 2024 11:59am
UK: Alaa Abdel Fattah's family to hold in-conversation event ahead of jailed activist's book launch
On Tuesday 22 October (7-9pm), Amnesty International UK will host an i...
Sep 26 2024 4:35pm
Egypt: call for UK national Alaa Abdel Fattah to be released at end of jail term
The prominent blogger, writer and human rights activist is due to be r...