Egypt: Letter to UK Foreign Secretary to Secure Release of British-Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah

The Rt Hon David Lammy MP Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development AffairsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeKing Charles Street London SW1A 2AH

20 January 2025

Dear Foreign Secretary,

We, the undersigned 13 freedom of expression and human rights organisations, are writing to you regarding the imprisoned writer and activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, ahead of your upcoming trip to Egypt.

Alaa, a British citizen, has spent most of the past decade in prison in Egypt and is a…