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Hopes rise of pardon for Abd el-Fattah as Starmer speaks with Egypt president

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Hopes rise of pardon for Abd el-Fattah as Starmer speaks with Egypt president

Decision expected soon after reports in Cairo about status of imprisoned dual-national human rights activist

Keir Starmer has spoken to Abdel Fatah al-Sisi amid reports the Egyptian president has directed his officials to study an internal request to grant a pardon to release the British-Egyptian human rights activist and writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah.

Abd el-Fattah’s British-based family are not commenting on developments save to say they are praying for his release.

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