Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has stopped ingesting water as he steps up his starvation strike, his sister has mentioned. The transfer coincides with the beginning of the COP27 summit in Egypt as requires his launch escalated.

Alaa Abdel Fattah has consumed simply 100 energy for greater than 200 days as he’s pushing Egypt to permit him UK consular entry. The 40-year-old is a key activist within the 2011 Arab Spring and is presently serving a five-year sentence for allegedly spreading false information.

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His sister, Sanaa Seif, warned that her brother’s starvation and water strike could imply that he might die earlier than the tip of COP27 summit. Urging the British authorities to be “accountable for getting us proof of life”, Sanaa Seif expressed concern over Alaa Abdel Fattah’s launch.

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak wrote to Abdel Fattah’s household and mentioned he would elevate his imprisonment with the Egyptian authorities. Rishi Sunak mentioned that Abdel Fattah’s case is “a precedence for the British authorities each as a human rights defender and as a British nationwide”.

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Amnesty Worldwide secretary common Agnes Callamard additionally mentioned that Abdel Fattah “have to be launched” and warned that he could solely have 72 hours to dwell.

“Let’s be very clear, we’re operating out of time,” she mentioned, including, “So if the authorities don’t wish to find yourself with a loss of life they need to have and will have prevented, they need to act now.

“If they do not, that loss of life will probably be in each single dialogue on this COP,” she additional mentioned.