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Jailed dissident says he may give up his British citizenship in despair after languishing in Egyptian prison for five years and losing faith in government

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A dissident who spent five years in a prison of Cairo has said that he is ready to give up his British citizenship in desperation about the government's inability to guarantee his release.

Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a British-Egyptian activist and blogger, has spent hundreds of days on hunger strike to increase the consciousness of his case.

He was sentenced to half a decade in prison in December 2021 on accusation of the distribution of fake news.

Although he has now served his five years, including detention before the process, Fattah has still not been released.

His family has now given permission for some of his private letters that are published after his constant 'illegal imprisonment'.

In a sent on December 4, Fattah thought about Sir Keir Starmer who met the Chinese president, Xi Jinping.

According to The Guardian, he wrote: 'I wonder if he will pay attention to me.

'I said from the start that if they do not want to or do not want to or do not want to argue about a consular visit, you cannot look at them for a release, because it means that she actually does not recognize it as a citizen and she Agree the local authority that does not recognize me as a person.

Jailed dissident says he may give up his British citizenship in despair after languishing in Egyptian prison for five years and losing faith in government

Alaa Abd El-Fattah (photo), a British-Egyptian activist and blogger, has spent hundreds of days on a hunger strike to increase the consciousness of his case.

The Australian journalist Peter Greste, arrested and imprisoned in Egypt in 2013 during the reporting of Al Jazeera, will be with Laila Soueif on January 20

The Australian journalist Peter Greste, arrested and imprisoned in Egypt in 2013 during the reporting of Al Jazeera, will be with Laila Soueif on January 20

Signs displayed outside Downing Street Call for the release of the Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah

Signs displayed outside Downing Street Call for the release of the Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah

“So probably the next step is to give up both nationalities and without living both (optimistic, of course, because this presupposes life in a future phase).”

It comes when his 68-year-old mother Laila Soueif is in a hunger strike and every day protests outside Downing Street in search of his release.

She was told that she had a serious danger of a heart attack after losing 21 kg for a hunger strike of 122 days.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy is said to have also planned the case for the release of Fattah during a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart last week.

In 2022, the UN Egypt demanded that Egypt immediately released Fattah after he was hungry strike for seven months.

High Commissioner of the UN for Human Rights Volker Turks said that Fattah's life was in great danger, “and added:” His dry hunger strike brings his life to acute risk. '

Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that when he was in office that he hoped that the problem was resolved as soon as possible.

Fattah's sister Sanaa Seif said, however, that Great -Britain had not responded to her brother at her request.

“I asked the British authorities to get us any evidence that Alaa lives and is aware, I received no response.”

Laila Soueif, mother of imprisonment Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, during a hunger strike to protest against the detention of her son in Egypt on January 20

Laila Soueif, mother of imprisonment Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, during a hunger strike to protest against the detention of her son in Egypt on January 20

Sanaa Seif, sister of the prison of the Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, depicted at the COP27 summit in Egypt in November 2022

Sanaa Seif, sister of the prison of the Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, depicted at the COP27 summit in Egypt in November 2022

Fattah became known during the popular uprising of Egypt 2011, which led to the first democratic presidential elections of Egypt.

The new Muslim Brotherhood President, Mohamed Mursi, was overthrown by the army – then led by Sisi – after massive protests against his rule in July 2013.

The following month, Security forces broke two pro-Mursi-SIT-ins in Cairo and killed hundreds of civilians.

Fattah, a software developer of an activist family, was held in the subsequent harsh action against both Islamists, left and liberals, and has since been the most bars behind.

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