Labour MP Zarah Sultana has spoken out in support of Egyptian human rights defender Alaa Abdelfattah, who is being held in a maximum-security prison in Egypt. Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a leading Egyptian human rights defender & a British citizen, is imprisoned by the Sisi regime for defending democracy. He has been on hunger strike for over a month. The UK government must urgently secure Alaa’s release. My letter to the Foreign Secretary: pic.twitter.com/VlcsmFLCH7 — Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) May 6, 2022 In a letter to the foreign secretary, Sultana urged the British government to redouble efforts to secure UK consular access for Alaa and to summon the Egyptian ambassador to demand his immediate release. The Labour MP also demanded that … Continue reading Close ties between Britain, Egypt ‘makes a mockery’ of democracy, says UK Labour MP Zarah Sultana