Laila Soueif, a mathematician, university professor, and political activist, is on a hunger strike outside the British prime minister’s office to demand the release of her son, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who has been unjustly imprisoned in Egypt for more than five years. Abd el-Fattah, a pro-democracy activist, was sentenced to five years in prison for “liking” a Facebook post about torture in Egyptian prisons and continues to be detained despite international pressure. Soueif is urging the U.K. government to intervene and secure her son’s release, highlighting Egypt’s crackdown on dissent and the need for action to protect human rights.
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