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Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last raised the case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah with the Egyptian Government; and how often he has raised the case of Mr El-Fattah with that Government.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 18 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 24 Mar 2025
Answer: 24 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

18 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last raised the case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah with the Egyptian Government; and how often he has raised the case of Mr El-Fattah with that Government.
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Mar 2025
Answer published
The UK Government continues to raise Mr Alaa Abd El-Fattah's case at the highest levels with the Egyptian government. We have been consistently clear in calling for his release and continue to press for urgent consular access. The Prime Minister raised th...

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