Government condemns freed Egyptian activist’s ‘disgusting’ social media posts
The Government has condemned an activist’s “disgusting” social media posts, which sparked a backlash after his return to the UK from detention in Egypt. Alaa Abd El-Fattah, of dual British-Egyptian nationality, was detained in Egypt in September 2019. In December 2021, he was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of spreading fake news. … Read more