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Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help secure the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 8 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 14 Jan 2025
Answer: 14 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

8 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help secure the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah.
14 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jan 2025
Answer published
We are committed to securing Mr El-Fattah’s release so he can be reunited with his family and we continue to raise his case at the highest levels of the Egyptian government. The Prime Minister wrote to President Sisi on 26 December 2024 and 8 January 2025...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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