The treatment of the British-Egyptian democracy activist is a travesty, and emblematic of the regime\u2019s brutality<\/p>
Only the Egyptian regime knows the fate of Alaa Abd el-Fattah. It wants to keep it that way. The jailed British-Egyptian writer and democracy activist, a figurehead of the 2011 revolution, began refusing water on Sunday \u2013 six months after launching a hunger strike that has seen him consume no more than 100 calories a day. On Monday, his mother waited in vain<\/a> outside the prison for his weekly letter. As of Tuesday evening, his family was still demanding proof of life, fearing he may die<\/a> before the end of the Cop27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, which has finally propelled his case to international attention. They are also concerned that he may be tortured through force-feeding<\/a>.<\/p> The British government appears to have at last accorded the case the importance it deserves. Writing to the 40-year-old father\u2019s family at the weekend, Rishi Sunak said<\/a> that he was \u201ctotally committed\u201d to resolving the case, calling it a priority. The prime minister said that he would stress the need for a swift resolution to the Egyptian president.<\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n