FILE PHOTO: Signage to support Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah is displayed during the hunger strike of Laila Soueif to protest against her son's detention in Egypt, outside Downing Street in Westminster in London, Britain, February 10, 2025. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy/File Photo
(Reuters) -High-profile Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah was released on Tuesday, his family said, a day after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned him and five other prisoners.
Abd el-Fattah, 43, has become Egypt's most prominent political prisoner after spending much of his adult life in and out of detention due to his activism, and a rare symbol of opposition to a far-reaching crackdown under Sisi. His lengthy imprisonment and repeated hunger strikes prompted widespread international pleas for his release.
