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Alaa Abd El-Fattah

Commons · Question 25325 · Tabled 21 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 27 Jan 2025

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Asked by Zarah Sultana

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will use one of the three formal recommendations of the UK to the upcoming UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review on Egypt to advocate for the release of A

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Answered by Hamish Falconer, 27 Jan 2025

The UK remains committed to securing Alaa Abd El-Fattah's release so he can be reunited with his family. The Foreign Secretary raised Mr El-Fattah's case with the Egyptian Foreign Minister during his visit to Egypt on 23 January. The Prime Minister wrote ...