Abdel-Fattah, who turns 41 on Friday, has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his criticism of Egypt's rulers. Last year, he was sentenced to five years for sharing a Facebook post ...

Abdel-Fattah's other sister, Mona Seif, said she believed the government was continuing to restrict access to her brother to hide the effects of his hunger strike, which they have been denying.

Alaa Abdel Fattah, a prominent writer and pro-democracy activist, is one of Egypt’s highest-profile prisoners. Laila Soueif, his mother, a math professor and human rights activist, was ...

Prominent dissident Alaa Abd El-Fattah has remained in prison despite completing his sentence last September, according to his family, which has appealed to the UK to help secure his release.