US EditionReleased activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah criticised over remarks on Zionists
Critics say Prime Minister Starmer's public praise for activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah ignores his past calls for violence against Zionists and police, raising concerns of a lack of due diligence.
- On Friday Alaa Abdel Fattah, Egyptian-British activist, returned to the UK after Egypt's Prosecutor General lifted a travel ban, reuniting with family in Brighton.
- After months of diplomacy, Alaa Abdel Fattah received a presidential pardon in September, his name was removed from the terrorism watch list two months earlier, and the British government supported his freedom campaign.
- On Saturday, historic messages from over a decade ago on an X/Twitter account attributed to Fattah appeared to endorse killing 'zionists' and urged violent resistance to police.
- Conservative shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick and the Jewish Leadership Council criticised Sir Keir Starmer's recent endorsement of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, citing his extremist statements and the government's pressured release.
- His mother Soueif almost died twice on hunger strike, while human rights groups say tens of thousands of political prisoners remain behind bars, a situation that has persisted in recent years.
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Starmer slammed for welcoming activist’s return from Egypt as tweets resurface
The UK prime minister is facing criticism after he celebrated the return to Britain of a human-rights activist who was recently released from an Egyptian prison but whose past social media posts apparently contained violent and antisemitic language. Successive British governments have campaigned for the release of Alaa Abdel-Fattah, a dual national who had been imprisoned in Egypt for most of the past 14 years. He returned to the UK on Friday af…
Keir Starmer was delighted with the arrival of Alaa Abd el-Fattah in Great Britain a few days ago, but his Ministry of Foreign Affairs now calls his posts "abominable."
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UK leader criticized for applauding return of man freed from Egyptian prison as old tweets resurface
The U.K. prime minister is facing criticism after celebrating the return of human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah from Egypt. Critics have highlighted past social media posts by Abd el-Fattah containing violent and antisemitic language. On Friday, Abd el-Fattah returned…
Starmer slammed for lauding release of activist who reportedly called to kill Zionists
Starmer wrote that he was 'delighted' with the release of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, after his social media posts surfaced from over a decade ago, reportedly calling to kill Zionists and police and to burn down Downing Street
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