As calls by UK’s top leaders for the release of British-Egyptian blogger, coder, and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah from prison in Cairo continue, Alaa’s mother, math professor Laila Soueif, grows weaker four months into a hunger strike she began in September to keep attention focused on her son and protest the lack of progress in obtaining his release.
She has consumed only water, coffee, tea and rehydration salts for more than 135 days. She is 68 years old, and her condition is becoming dire.
EFF and six international partner organizations in December called on Starmer to take immediate action to secure Alaa’s release. We told him that Alaa’s case is a litmus test of the UK’s commitment to human rights. Soueif’s future, and Alaa’s, rests in the UK government’s hands, and it must act now. Starmer needs to pick up the phone and call al-Sisi.
If you’re based in the UK, here are some actions you can take to support the calls for Alaa’s release:
- Write to your MP (external link): https://freealaa.net/message-mp%E2%80%AF
- Join Laila Soueif outside the Foreign Office in London daily between 10-11am
- Share Alaa’s plight on social media using the hashtag #freealaa
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