British PM urges Egypt's Sisi to release jailed activist

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged Egypt's President Sisi, to release Alaa Abd El-Fattah a British citizen and activist currently jailed in Cairo. Fattah was a key figure in the 2011 revolt that overthrew then Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Fattah was arrested by Egyptian authorities in September 2019 and later given a five-year sentence for "spreading false news". His mother, Laila Soueif, has been on hunger strike for 152 days in protest of the detention; PM Starmer had met with Souief in recent weeks to discuss her son’s case.