British Citizen Alaa Abd El Fattah Demands An End to Mistreatment in Egyptian Prison

Egyptian blogger, coder, and free speech activist Alaa Abd El Fattah is on day 45 of a hunger strike in protest of his mistreatment in an Egyptian prison. Alaa was sentenced, without due process, late last year, after spending two years at a maximum-security prison in Tora, 12 miles south of Cairo, in pre-trial detention. He was granted British citizenship in April, and civil society groups, including Access Now and EFF are joining the call for the British government …

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