Afrigather Alaa Abdel-Fattah continues to be alive eight days after refusing to drink water in protest at his imprisonment. The activist’s sister confirmed the receipt of a letter from him in his handwriting.
The sister of prominent imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah stated on Monday that she had seen proof that her brother continues to be alive following a number of days with out contact throughout which the activist had been refusing to drink water.
Abdel-Fattah went on a starvation strike in April to protest his imprisonment, however escalated the strike to refusing to even devour liquids as world leaders arrived in Egypt for the COP27 local weather summit.
What’s Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s present situation?
Sanaa Souief, Abdel-Fattah’s sister, stated that she had seen a letter dated Saturday that she confirmed was from him, having acknowledged the handwriting.
The letter stated that he had resumed consuming water. His household and rights organizations had warned that his deteriorating well being meant he might die within days.
Abdel-Fattah is allowed to speak along with his household by way of letter as soon as per week. Monday’s letter is the primary the household have acquired since he started to refuse water eight days in the past.
Egypt’s public prosecutor stated on Thursday final week that authorities had begun a medical intervention and that the hunger-striking activist was in good well being.
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Abdel-Fattah is taken into account a political prisoner by many rights teams. He performed a outstanding function within the Arab Spring protests that overthrew the regime of ex-President Hosni Mubarak. In 2019 Egyptian authorities sentenced the 40-year-old to 5 years in jail for “spreading false information.”
The activist launched a partial starvation strike 220 days in the past, consuming not more than 100 energy per day, to deliver consideration to his remedy in jail. His escalation was timed to start with the COP27 summit when the world’s gaze can be targeted on Egypt.
Human rights teams equivalent to Amnesty Worldwide have slammed the choice to permit Egypt to host world leaders and thus whitewash its human rights abuses.
UK International Minister James Cleverly stated on Monday that his ministry was working to safe consular entry to Abdel-Fattah who acquired British citizenship earlier this year.
(AP, Reuters)
