Egyptian-UK activist Alaa Abdel Fattah gets sick on hunger strike in prison

Egyptian-UK activist Alaa Abdel Fattah gets sick on hunger strike in prison

Alaa Abdel Fattah, one of Egypt's most prominent political prisoners, has been imprisoned almost continuously since 2014.

Jailed activist Alaa Abdel Fattah sick on hunger strike: family

British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has become ill after spending more than 50 days on hunger strike in prison, his family said on Tuesday. The prominent activist, who has spent most of the past decade behind bars in Egypt, has suffered repeated bouts of vomiting over the past week, according to a letter he wrote to his family on Saturday. Abdel Fattah went on hunger strike on March 1, after learning that his mother Laila Soueif had been…

Jailed Egyptian-UK Activist, Abdel Fattah Sick on Hunger Strike

Abdel Fattah went on hunger strike on March 1, after learning that his mother Laila Soueif had been hospitalised on her own hunger strike in London, where she has campaigned for his release.

After Five and a Half Years of Detention and Case Rotation: Detainee Hamdi Yousry Hashem Dies in the 10th of Ramadan Prison Due to Medical Negligence - Egyptian Front for Human Rights

The Egyptian Front for Human Rights monitored the death of Hamdi Yousry Hashem (62 years old) on April 20, 2025, at the medical center of the 10th of Ramadan Prison, as a result of medical negligence by the 10th of Ramadan Reform and Rehabilitation Center. He had been suffering from pulmonary fibrosis, as well as hypertension and diabetes. Hamdi Yousry was arrested on November 26, 2019, and was subjected to case rotation multiple times. He died …