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Alaa Abd el-Fattah

Asked by Siân BerryGreen PartyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 26 November 2025UIN 92380

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Egyptian authorities on allowing Alaa Abd el-Fattah to travel to the UK.

Answered by Mr Hamish Falconer

The government welcomes Alaa Abd El-Fattah's release from prison on 23 September 2025, following a Presidential pardon. We continue to press at the highest levels with the Egyptian government for his urgent return to the UK, including in a call between the Prime Minister and President Sisi on 18 November, and between the Foreign Secretary and the Egyptian Foreign Minister on 20 November.

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