British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has arrived in the UK after Egyptian authorities lifted a long-standing travel ban, allowing him to leave the country following years of imprisonment and ...

Dec 29 (Reuters) - Activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, freed from prison in Egypt and now in Britain, apologised on Monday for his "shocking and hurtful" social media posts made more than a decade ago, which ...

Dissident was freed by Egypt after campaign by successive UK governments but offensive posts have surfaced The decision by successive UK governments to campaign for the release and return of ...

Yvette Cooper has ordered an urgent Foreign Office review of "serious information failures" in the case of a freed British-Egyptian activist. Ms Cooper, the foreign secretary, said successive prime ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Democracy activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has apologised “unequivocally” for several historic tweets in which he appears to call for ...

British-Egyptian activist has apologised over tweets appearing to condone violence against Zionists and police The human rights campaigner Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s past social media posts have led to a ...

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Alaa Abd El-Fattah, an Egyptian-British human rights campaigner, has “unequivocally” apologised after right-wing leaders in the United Kingdom dug up decade-old tweets to demand he be stripped of ...

Nigel Farage has reported democracy activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah to counter-terrorism police over historical social media posts. The dissident is at the centre of a row over comments on X which ...

The Tories today dismissed an 'insincere' apology from a 'scumbag' Egyptian dissident over vile tweets as they stepped up demands for his deportation. Alaa Abd El-Fattah's arrival in the UK on Boxing ...

Abd el-Fattah apologises for past social media posts Counter-terrorism police assess posts after public referrals UK political figures call for deportation consideration Government announces review of ...