Government sources say social media posts by British-Egyptian activist do not meet legal bar for such sanction The Home Office will not strip the British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah of his ...

LONDON, Dec 26 (Reuters) - High-profile activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who was released from prison after an Egyptian presidential pardon in September, has arrived in Britain, the Egyptian-British ...

Dec 29 (Reuters) - Activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, freed from prison in Egypt and now in Britain, apologised on Monday for his "shocking and hurtful" social media posts made more than a decade ago, which ...

British-Egyptian activist has apologised over tweets appearing to condone violence against Zionists and police The human rights campaigner Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s past social media posts have led to a ...

Granted UK citizenship in 2021, Mr Abd El-Fattah is facing calls for his deportation, or even for his citizenship to be revoked. Alaa Abd El-Fattah was a leading voice in Egypt's 2011 Arab Spring ...

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08:01, Mon, Dec 29, 2025 Updated: 08:58, Mon, Dec 29, 2025 Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd el-Fattah has claimed his abhorrent social media posts were "twisted out of their meaning" as calls intensify for ...

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Sir Keir Starmer is facing criticism for celebrating the return of a British activist from detention in Egypt in light of his past social media posts. The prime minister said on Friday that he was ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing demands for a British-Egyptian human rights activist to be deported and his UK citizenship to be revoked after social media posts emerged in which he called for ...

20:55, Sat, Dec 27, 2025 Updated: 20:59, Sat, Dec 27, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer has come under attack after he expressed "delight" over a political prisoner being returned to the UK from Egypt. Alaa Abd ...

British-Egyptian democracy activist Alaa Abd El Fattah has apologised for several of his old tweets that have resurfaced, as calls grow for him to be deported from the UK days after he arrived ...