Who is Alaa Abd El-Fattah, the Freed Egyptian Activist Facing Deportation Calls Over Old Tweets After Arriving in the UK?

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s arrival in the United Kingdom on Boxing Day marked the end of one of the most closely followed human rights cases involving Egypt in recent years. For more than a decade, he had been a symbol of resistance to authoritarianism in his home country, repeatedly jailed under successive Egyptian governments and adopted … Read more

Prominent Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Released from Prison After Presidential Pardon

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

In a momentous development for human rights advocates worldwide, Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah walked free from prison on September 23, 2025, following a presidential pardon issued by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Abd El-Fattah, a symbol of resistance against authoritarianism, had endured nearly 12 years of intermittent detention over the past decade, much of it … Read more