Uncategorized Imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah gains UK nationality, calls for British probe into abuses 11 Apr 202211 Apr 2022 Imprisoned blogger and activist Alaa Abd El Fattah has been granted citizenship in the United Kingdom and is on hunger strike at Cairo’s Tora Prison Complex to demand that British…
Uncategorized Sanaa Seif has been released from prison 24 Dec 2021 We have the great pleasure to announce the release of Egyptian film editor, writer, and activist Sanaa Seif, who had been serving an eighteen-month sentence on spurious charges of “spreading…
Uncategorized Alaa Abd El Fattah sentenced to 5 years 20 Dec 2021 Following an emergency trial on false news charges that lasted just three sessions, activist Alaa Abd El Fattah was sentenced on Monday to 5 years in prison, while lawyer Mohamed…
Uncategorized My Son Is Not Alone. Millions of Young People Commit His Crime 17 Dec 2021 Laila Soueif published an op-ed in the New York Times about her son Alaa Abd El Fattah: "Why is my son, Alaa Abd El Fattah, in prison? He is one…
Uncategorized The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales : Continued prosecution and detention of Alaa Abd El Fattah, Mohamed El-Baqer and others before the Egyptian State Security Court raises concern about Egypt’s profound rule of law crisis 9 Nov 2021 In a statement issued on 9 November 2021, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales notes that it has "been following [Alaa's] case with serious concern over many…
Uncategorized In first trial session after over 2 years in prison, Alaa Abd El Fattah tells court his detention is illegal 19 Oct 202119 Oct 2021 After a remand detention that exceeded the legal limit of two years, Alaa Abd El Fattah, the son the Egyptian mathematician Laila Soueif, learned for the first time that he…
Uncategorized Alaa Abd El Fatah’s life is in danger. He says he has reached a breaking point! 14 Sep 202114 Sep 2021 Distress message from Alaa Abdel Fattah, icon of the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and son of the mathematician Laila Soueif. Statement by the family of Alaa Abd El Fattah: Alaa's…
Uncategorized De Moubarak à Sissi, la famille Seif ou la résistance en héritage 29 Jun 202129 Jun 2021 Dans la famille Seif, s’opposer à la dictature est une discipline que l’on pratique de père en fils et de mère en filles. Dix ans après le soulèvement populaire de…
Uncategorized Egypt activist Alaa Abdelfattah calls on Egypt’s judiciary to step down 29 Jun 202129 Jun 2021 Ahdaf Soueif reports: Alaa was brought before a judge today, in Tora, to decide whether his "detention pending trial" would continue. Alaa has been in prison- this time- (Case 1356/2019…
Uncategorized « Si je ne parle pas à voix haute, qui le fera ? » : en Egypte, le combat de Laila Soueif pour les prisonniers politiques 21 Apr 202121 Apr 2021 Interview with Laila Soueif published in Le Monde on April 21, 2021: Mother of two imprisoned activists, the "matriarch" of the clan of political activists refuses to be silent in…