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Alaa Abd el-Fattah is a British-Egyptian writer, software developer & Amnesty Prisoner of Conscience unjustly imprisoned in Egypt #FreeAlaa
London - United Kingdom
Joined April 2022
Responding to historic tweets, Alaa today says: "I am shaken that, just as I am being reunited with my family for the first time in 12 years, several historic tweets of mine have been republished and used to question and attack my integrity and values, escalating to calls for
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Thank you @NaomiAKlein for providing the full picture to #FreeAlaa
Naomi Klein in the Guardian: "Alaa is not a saint. He is, however, a hero of a stolen revolution, and a potent symbol of hope for millions still living under brutal dictatorship. His freedom is a hard-won victory for justice, at a time when those are few and far between. He
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Naomi Klein in the Guardian: "Alaa is not a saint. He is, however, a hero of a stolen revolution, and a potent symbol of hope for millions still living under brutal dictatorship. His freedom is a hard-won victory for justice, at a time when those are few and far between. He
theguardian.com
I have no interest in defending his social media posts, but calls to strip the newly freed activist of British citizenship pile torment on top of torture, says Naomi Klein, Guardian US columnist and...
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Personally I shall not regret ever campaigning for Alaa's release for one second from an appalling detention. Anyone who has read his longer writings knows he espouses anti racist views and human rights values. He apologises here fully for tweets of an angry young man.
Responding to historic tweets, Alaa today says: "I am shaken that, just as I am being reunited with my family for the first time in 12 years, several historic tweets of mine have been republished and used to question and attack my integrity and values, escalating to calls for
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As Country Coordinator for @AIUKCCNAT @AmnestyUK I led the local groups campaign for Alaa's freedom. I got to know him and his views by reading his prison writings You Have Not Yet Been Defeated. I am Jewish and have never questioned my support for Alaa #FreeAlaa
Responding to historic tweets, Alaa today says: "I am shaken that, just as I am being reunited with my family for the first time in 12 years, several historic tweets of mine have been republished and used to question and attack my integrity and values, escalating to calls for
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"I can’t believe it’s finally happened and Alaa has made it to the UK. We thought it was impossible, but here he is. Hundreds of people around the world did so much to help bring this moment about. Alaa is free and we can finally begin to heal as a family" - Mona, Alaa's sister
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The British Egyptian human rights activist Alaa abd El Fattah released from a Cairo jail in September but banned from travelling to UK by Cairo authorities landed in London today. His first stop on leaving the airport was a visit to a playground with the family children.
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I’m delighted that Alaa Abd El-Fattah is back in the UK and has been reunited with his loved ones, who must be feeling profound relief. I want to pay tribute to Alaa’s family, and to all those that have worked and campaigned for this moment. Alaa's case has been a top priority
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Last night Laila & Alaa were awarded the Courage Under Fire prize at the prestigious Magnitsky Awards in London. Thank you @FreeNazanin for your heartfelt presentation. @alaa was prevented from traveling to accept the award, so his sister @sana2 spoke for him. Laila - who
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Surviving Egyptian prison while on hunger strike. Powerful @TimesRadio interview with Alaa Abd El-Fattah and his mother Laila Suief, winners of the 2025 #MagnitskyAwards Courage Under Fire award. Their courage is deeply moving. @JPonPolitics @FreedomForAlaa Watch here:
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A spiriting interview with @alaa✨ Alaa being reunited with his mother Layla & family gives hope to all those unjustly held in prisons in Egypt & beyond. UK campaigners will fight for them & for Alaa to be permanently reunited with his son. An honour to support @FreedomForAlaa.
Privilege to talk to writer Alaa Abd el-Fatah freed from Cairo jails after 12 years. Learning to heal, be with his family and how to be an activist and a dad. Gently chiding Thatcher, he suggests the campaign for his release in UK proved society exists.
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“.........though I think there is benefit in having a perspective from a place like Egypt because there is a deadlock of imagination in the global north, and a deadlock in the possibility of action in the global south.” https://t.co/XLAu3OZdID
theguardian.com
The campaigner, who spent more than a decade in an Egyptian ‘vortex of incarceration’, wants to join his son in the UK while he reflects on the fight for freedom
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So thrilled to hear #Alaa for the first time since his release @FreedomForAlaa @Monasosh @sana2 @AIUKCCNAT @asoueif
theguardian.com
The campaigner, who spent more than a decade in an Egyptian ‘vortex of incarceration’, wants to join his son in the UK while he reflects on the fight for freedom
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Privilege to talk to writer Alaa Abd el-Fatah freed from Cairo jails after 12 years. Learning to heal, be with his family and how to be an activist and a dad. Gently chiding Thatcher, he suggests the campaign for his release in UK proved society exists.
theguardian.com
The campaigner, who spent more than a decade in an Egyptian ‘vortex of incarceration’, wants to join his son in the UK while he reflects on the fight for freedom
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Arbitrary detention victims urge Starmer to press Modi on jailed British citizen, Jagtar Singh Johal. https://t.co/9Jn4GaQI06
theguardian.com
Activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been held in Indian prison for nearly eight years without full trial
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To celebrate Alaa's release you can now download an e-book of YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFEATED for free! Click through to @fitzcarraldoeditions (UK), @7storiespress (USA) or straight to your e-book reader to get it now.
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To celebrate the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, the British-Egyptian writer who was at last freed from prison in Egypt this week, you can download an e-book of his extraordinary book YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFEATED for free! Check out @FreedomForAlaa for more info.
To celebrate Alaa's release you can now download an e-book of YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFEATED for free! Click through to @fitzcarraldoeditions (UK), @7storiespress (USA) or straight to your e-book reader to get it now.
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To celebrate Alaa's release you can now download an e-book of YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFEATED for free! Click through to @fitzcarraldoeditions (UK), @7storiespress (USA) or straight to your e-book reader to get it now.
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“Alaa’s release from prison is a moment of light in this time of darkness,” Drop Site News’ MENA editor @SharifKouddous told Democracy Now!, charting the long path to his freedom. Sharif, who has known Alaa for years, described how the Egyptian pro-democracy activist spent much
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