Egyptian dissident sorry for tweets as Tories push for deportation from UK

Alaa Abd El-Fattah claims tweets were 'twisted' as he breaks silence

Mr Abd El-Fattah branded Britons 'dogs and monkeys', called for Zionists to be killed and boasted of his hatred for white people.

Home secretary urged to strip activist of British citizenship

Shabana Mahmood is facing growing calls to revoke the citizenship of British-Egyptian dual national Alaa Abdel Fattah after the emergence of social media posts.

'Anti-British' Egyptian activist now APOLOGISES for social media posts after mass outrage

Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has issued a grovelling apology for his social media posts after they became the centre of a major political firestorm.Mr Abd El-Fattah was flown to the UK from Egypt on Boxing Day - with a string of ministers issuing crowing statements welcoming him to Britain.But a series of posts condemned as "abhorrent" by Nigel Farage then came to light.In a dead-of-night statement, the activist admitted he "should have …

Egyptian activist sorry for ‘hurtful’ posts

The posts, dating back to 2010, came to light just days after Alaa Abdel Fattah returned to Britain following years of diplomatic efforts by London to secure his release from detention in Egypt.

Egyptian dissident sorry for tweets as Tories push for deportation from UK

… following his release from an Egyptian jail. The Conservative and … board's senior vice-president, said: "His previous … 2011 that forced the former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, to resign. … was withdrawn over tweets about Israel he posted in 2012. …