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Hopes for el-Fattah's freedom rise as UK dangles trade carrot

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June 28, 2025

The family of Alaa Abd el-Fattah have expressed cautious optimism that progress is being made to secure the British-Egyptian dissident's release, after Keir Starmer procured a phone call with the Egyptian president.

- Patrick Wintour

Hopes for el-Fattah's freedom rise as UK dangles trade carrot

The long-delayed call with Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, in which the two leaders discussed improving UK-Egypt trade relations, coincided with a decision by el-Fattah's mother to ease her hunger strike in the hope that diplomacy may work.

Laila Soueif's decision came after discussions with doctors and her family. The 69-year-old has been on hunger strike for more than 270 days in an effort to secure improvement in her son's jail conditions in Cairo or his release.

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