The sister of jailed activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has told Sky News Egyptian authorities 'want him 'to die in prison'. Read more here:
The possibility a British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist on hunger strike could die while the COP27 summit takes place is"a terrifying prospect", a friend and star of The Crown has said.
Khalid Abdalla, who plays Dodi Fayed in the hit Netflix show, said he wanted to be on the"right side of history" in speaking up for Alaa Abd El-Fattah.for most of the past decade. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak raised the case earlier with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the COP27 climate conference being held in Sharm el-Sheikh.
A statement from Downing Street said the PM"stressed the UK government's deep concern on this issue", adding he"hoped to see this resolved as soon as possible and would continue to press for progress".was sentenced to five years in prison, after being accused of spreading fake news. "The actual reason technically for him being in prison is for sharing a Facebook post, it's completely absurd," Abdalla told ITV's Good Morning Britain.
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