Coverage dated November 6, 2022 to November 9, 2022
Egypt puts activist on hunger strike on medical treatment
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Alaa Abdel-Fattah is serving a five-year sentence on charges of disseminating false news for retweeting a report in 2019 that another prisoner died in custody.
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Detained Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah’s decision to escalate a hunger strike in prison to a refusal to drink water has raised the stakes and shone a spotlight on human rights violations as Egypt…
International pressure has been mounting for the "immediate release" of Alaa Abdel Fattah. The Egyptian human rights activist has been on hunger strike for months and has also been refusing water since COP27 opened in Sharm el Sheikh.
Alaa Abdel-Fattah is serving a five-year sentence on charges of disseminating false news for retweeting a report in 2019 that another prisoner died in custody.
Alaa Abdel-Fattah, a pro-democracy activist, escalated his hunger strike by not drinking any water. Egypt authorities now say he is now receiving medical intervention.
The hunger-striking dissident Alaa Abd El Fattah escalated his protest this week when he stopped drinking water as a U.N. climate conference opened in Egypt. His family fears that he is being force fed.
Lawyers for Alaa Abdel-Fattah demand details on 'medical intervention,' call for him to be moved to a civilian hospital; move comes as Egypt hosts UN climate conference
The family of Egypt's jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah said Thursday prison authorities had told them he is "under medical intervention", as fear mounts that means force-feeding.The family have repeatedly demanded information on the health of the British-Egyptian activist in recent days after he e…
Egyptian prison authorities have intervened medically with imprisoned pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who this week escalated his hunger strike and stopped drinking water, his family said Thursday,…
The family of Egypt's jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has been refusing food and water, said Thursday prison authorities had told them he is "under medical intervention".
