Month: July 2023

Alaa Abd el-Fattah: MPs and peers call for Egypt travel advice to be changed following ‘lack of progress’ over jailed activist

Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a dual UK-Egpyt citizen, has been under lock and key in North Africa for nine of the past 11 years. The legislators want the UK to warn its citizens they are not protected if they travel to…

Egypt: 10 years on, Sisi’s coup continues squeezing country

Ten years ago, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi launched a coup against Egypt’s first democratically elected president in history, removing Mohammed Morsi from power, suspending the constitution, and establishing himself as leader of the country. Sisi said he was responding to the…