News – The case of Laila Soueif

Sanaa Seif has been released from prison

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…

Alaa Abd El Fattah sentenced to 5 years

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…

My Son Is Not Alone. Millions of Young People Commit His Crime

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

« 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…

Fitzcarraldo to Publish Alaa Abd El Fattah’s ‘You Have Not Yet Been Defeated’

ArabLit announces the collection of the Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abd El Fattah’s essays is due out October 20, 2021. Naomi Klein will write the preface. Fitzacarraldo writes Alaa Abd el-Fattah,…