Question follow-through · 14622

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made on securing the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
20 Nov 2024
Answer
21 Nov 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made on securing the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

  2. 20 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The UK Government remains committed to securing the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah. We continue to raise Mr El-Fattah's case at the highest levels with the Egyptian Government. The Egyptian Government does not recognise Mr El-Fattah's British nationality a...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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