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 mother, Leila Soueif, has been on hunger strike in support of her son's release for around 250 days. This week, the health of the 69-year-old British citizen deteriorated massively.

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 ...

Just one week after Dr. Laila Soueif ended her 10-month hunger strike, an Egyptian court has removed her son, ...