Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah freed after Sisi pardon
Alaa Abd El-Fattah is considered to be among the most high-profile political prisoners held in Egypt's prisons.
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German court sentences Syrian torture doctor to life imprisonment
Alaa M was found guilty of crimes committed at military hospitals in Syria at the start of the country's civil war. The 40-year-old later moved to Germany, where he worked as an orthopaedic surgeon.
German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in jail for crimes against humanity
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Alaa Mousa tortured detainees at military hospitals during Syrian civil war, under former ruler Bashar al-Assad
A German court has sentenced a Syrian doctor to life in prison for crimes against humani…
Gaza doctor and son evacuated after husband and nine children killed in Israeli strike
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Alaa al-Najjar and her only remaining son, Adam, who was badly injured in the strike, are due to fly to Italy
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A Palestinian doctor whose husband and nine of her ten …
250 days on hunger strike: Can Laila Soueif secure her son’s freedom? – podcast
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Who is Alaa Abd el-Fattah and why are British diplomats trying to obtain his release? Patrick Wintour reports
Laila Soueif, 69, has been on hunger strike in London for more than 250 days in an effort …
6 months ago
Brits planning holidays in Egypt warned of 'real risk' of travelling to 'vindictive police state' by ambassador after UK citizen was locked up in hellhole prison
Alaa Abd-El Fattah, a vocal critic of the Egyptian government, was sentenced to five years in prison in 2019, but still has not been released
Gaza doctor Alaa al-Najjar loses nine of her 10 children in Israeli attack
An Israeli air strike on the home of pediatrician Dr Alaa al-Najjar killed nine of her 10 children in Khan Younis.
8 months ago
‘He insisted we take him to the graves’: the Palestinian hostages coming home to catastrophe
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Alaa Abu Zeid only discovered his wife and children had been killed after his release from an Israeli prison. His is a story repeated across Gaza
• ‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civili…
9 months ago
A hunger strike to force the release of my friend Alaa Abd el-Fattah – it’s the ultimate weapon of the powerless | Peter Greste
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In prison, Alaa taught me the power of this form of resistance. His mother, Laila Soueif, and I have used it to challenge Downing Street
Alaa Abd el-Fattah knows about hunger strikes. When I was locke…
10 months ago
Jailed dissident says he may give up his British citizenship in despair after languishing in Egyptian prison for five years and losing faith in government
Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a British-Egyptian activist and blogger, has spent hundreds of days on hunger strike to raise awareness of his case.