Democracy activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has 'deteriorated severely' over the past two weeks in the Egyptian jail where he is being held, his sister has warned
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Democracy activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has"deteriorated severely" over the past two weeks in the Egyptian jail where he is being held, his sister has warned. Mona Seif said relatives had visited the British-Egyptian writer, who has been on hunger strike at Wadi El Natrun prison in Cairo, to find"unsettling" changes in his physical health.has spent most of the past decade in jail and is currently serving a five-year sentence for"disseminating false news" after retweeting a report in 2019 that another prisoner died in custody.
Since April, he has either refused food entirely or been on a partial hunger strike, taking just 100 calories a day, and even spent a week without water, according to those campaigning for his release. He had recently intensified his hunger strike and halted all calories and water at the start of the Cop27 summit inIt is believed that authorities began a medical intervention on November 10, prompting suggestions he was being force-fed, and his family received a note in what they believe is his handwriting saying:"I've broken my strike".More on Alaa Abd El-fattah
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