Alaa is now in the third month of his hunger strike
On April 2, 2022, and after years of unlawful imprisonment, mistreatment, and torture, Egyptian activist, blogger, and software developer Alaa Abd El-Fattah shaved his head and started a hunger strike on the first day of Ramadan. A few days later, on April 11, Alaa’s family announced that he had become a British citizen through his mother.
Three months into the hunger strike, the life and fate of Alaa are at stake. His health is rapidly and significantly deteriorating and he faces the risk of death unless the United Kingdom Foreign Office immediately intervenes for his protection and acts now to save his life.
While Alaa was recently transferred to the new Wadi el-Natrun prison complex where he “slept on a mattress for the first time in years” and received books and writing materials, he has yet to receive a UK consular visit, is still denied the ability to communicate with his UK lawyers, and is still asking for a judge to investigate the complaints he and his family have filed over his unjust detention.
A central figure in technology and political activism in his country since the early 2000s, and a global voice during the Arab uprisings, Egyptian authorities have attempted to silence Alaa through unlawful imprisonment for most of the last 10 years.
Alaa has faced all manner of torture and inhumane treatment, and his friends and family have been subject to harassment, intimidation, and even detainment themselves. His most recent sentencing does not account for the more than two years Alaa has already spent in prison awaiting trial, confined to a small cell inside Cairo’s infamous Tora maximum security prison without a clock, books, or exercise, and only allowed out of his cell for court appearances and visitations. Alaa’s sentence ends on January 3, 2027.
Join us is calling on Egypt to #FreeAlaa, along with the thousands of other human rights defenders wrongfully TAKE ACTION
On April 2, 2022, and after years of unlawful imprisonment, mistreatment, and torture, Egyptian activist, blogger, and software developer Alaa Abd El-Fattah shaved his head and started a hunger strike on the first day of Ramadan. A few days later, on April 11, Alaa’s family announced that he had become a British citizen through his mother.
Three months into the hunger strike, the life and fate of Alaa are at stake. His health is rapidly and significantly deteriorating and he faces the risk of death unless the United Kingdom Foreign Office immediately intervenes for his protection and acts now to save his life.
While Alaa was recently transferred to the new Wadi el-Natrun prison complex where he “slept on a mattress for the first time in years” and received books and writing materials, he has yet to receive a UK consular visit, is still denied the ability to communicate with his UK lawyers, and is still asking for a judge to investigate the complaints he and his family have filed over his unjust detention.
A central figure in technology and political activism in his country since the early 2000s, and a global voice during the Arab uprisings, Egyptian authorities have attempted to silence Alaa through unlawful imprisonment for most of the last 10 years.
Alaa has faced all manner of torture and inhumane treatment, and his friends and family have been subject to harassment, intimidation, and even detainment themselves. His most recent sentencing does not account for the more than two years Alaa has already spent in prison awaiting trial, confined to a small cell inside Cairo’s infamous Tora maximum security prison without a clock, books, or exercise, and only allowed out of his cell for court appearances and visitations. Alaa’s sentence ends on January 3, 2027.
Join us is calling on Egypt to #FreeAlaa, along with the thousands of other human rights defenders wrongfully TAKE ACTION
WHAT YOU CAN DO
◈ Spread Alaa’s message ◈
Egyptian authorities have attempted to force Alaa into silence, but together we can ensure his voice is heard. You can support the work to #FreeAlaa by writing to your MP, purchasing his new book, “You Have Not Yet Been Defeated,” watching and sharing the virtual book reading, and using #FreeAlaa on social media to engage in conversation around Alaa’s vision.
ALAA’S STORYJoin Access Now and our partners around the world in calling on Egypt’s leaders to immediately and unconditionally #FreeAlaa, along with the thousands of other detained activists and human rights defenders targeted for exercising their fundamental rights.
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