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President
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Office of the President
Al Ittihadia Palace
Cairo
Ägypten

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Mother of jailed activist for more than five months on hunger strike

Your Excellency,
Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was arrested by NSA security forces in September 2019, later charged of „spreading false news“ and sentenced to five years imprisonment.
Until May 2022 he was held at the Tora Maximum Security 2 Prison, Cairo, under inhumane conditions in a small, poorly ventilated cell without bed, mattress, adequate clothing and access to newspapers or a radio. – Reportedly he was several times arrested, maltreated and tortured during the past ten years.
While Alaa Abdel Fattah’s family expected his release in September 2024, the authorities decided that his pre-trial detention (that lasted more than two years!) is not to count as a part of his prison sentence. So the confinement may go on until January 2027.
Alaa Abdel Fattah’s mother, Laila Soueif, started a hunger strike in protest. On 24 February 2025 she was hospitalized with life-threatening evidence.
Human rights organization Amnesty International states that thousands of prisoners are still arbitrarily detained in Egypt „solely for exercising their human rights, or following grossly unfair trials, or without legal basis“.
In all courtesy I urge you to release Alaa Abdel Fattah immediately and unconditionally!
Pending his release, he must have regular access to his lawyers, family and adequate healthcare and be held in conditions that meet international standards for the treatment of prisoners.
Finally I call upon you to grant a consular access without further delay.
Respectfully!