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 ...

Keir Starmer is facing calls to strip Alaa Abd el-Fattah of his UK citizenship, days after the British-Egyptian dissident touched down in the UK following his release from an Egyptian jail. In the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Downing Street has said it was right for a freed British-Egyptian activist to apologise following the discovery of "abhorrent" social media posts. The historical tweets by Alaa Abd El-Fattah emerged ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

08:01, Mon, Dec 29, 2025 Updated: 08:58, Mon, Dec 29, 2025 Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd el-Fattah has claimed his abhorrent social media posts were "twisted out of their meaning" as calls intensify for ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing demands for a British-Egyptian human rights activist to be deported and his UK citizenship to be revoked after social media posts emerged in which he called for ...