COP 27: Who is Alaa Abd El Fattah and why is he in an Egyptian prison?
- 2 years ago
Alla Abd El-Fattah is a British Egyptian writer being detained in Egypt and is the country’s most prominent political prisoner.
He is being held at the notorious Tora Maximum Security Two prison in Cairo, where he has been on hunger strike since April. And now, with COP27 underway, he is on a water strike.
Here's a profile of El-Fattah and the reasons he's currently being detained.
He is being held at the notorious Tora Maximum Security Two prison in Cairo, where he has been on hunger strike since April. And now, with COP27 underway, he is on a water strike.
Here's a profile of El-Fattah and the reasons he's currently being detained.