Written questions

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

Commons · Question 21363 · Tabled 19 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 13 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Marsha De Cordova

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what further steps he plans to take to encourage the Egyptian authorities to release Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 13 Jan 2025

The UK Government remains committed to securing the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah. We continue to raise Mr El-Fattah's case at the highest levels with the Egyptian Government. The Prime Minister wrote to President Sisi on the case on 26 December. The Fore...