Paul Ovenden argues time spent discussing political prisoner was symptom of government struggling to focus Efforts to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah regularly distracted Keir Starmer’s government from ...

Downing Street has said it was right for a freed British-Egyptian activist to apologise following the discovery of "abhorrent" social media posts. The historical tweets by Alaa Abd El-Fattah emerged ...

Campaigner recently released from prison makes statement after PM’s support is questioned by Tory MPs Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the British-Egyptian human rights campaigner, has apologised unreservedly for ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that the Egyptian-British activist and blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah has returned to the United Kingdom after spending nearly 12 years as a political ...

LONDON, Dec 26 - High-profile activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who was released from prison after an Egyptian presidential pardon in September, has arrived in Britain, the Egyptian-British campaigner's ...

British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has hit back at UK politicians calling for his citizenship to be removed after they cited a number of 15-year-old social media posts in which he appeared ...

Alaa Abd El-Fattah, an Egyptian-British human rights campaigner, has “unequivocally” apologised after right-wing leaders in the United Kingdom dug up decade-old tweets to demand he be stripped of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alaa Abd El-Fattah pictured in Cairo in September after his release from prison. (Getty Images) (picture alliance via Getty Images ...

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08:01, Mon, Dec 29, 2025 Updated: 08:58, Mon, Dec 29, 2025 Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd el-Fattah has claimed his abhorrent social media posts were "twisted out of their meaning" as calls intensify for ...

The U.K. prime minister is facing criticism after celebrating the return of human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah from Egypt LONDON -- The U.K. prime minister is facing criticism after he ...