Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah has been serving five years for 'disseminating false news.' His family has sought all means of freeing him, the latest action is a presidential pardon as he passes more than 60 days of a hunger strike. Abdel-Fattah has been on hunger strike since 2 April, protesting the conditions he has been subjected to. "Several petitions of presidential pardon had earlier been applied on behalf of Abdel-Fattah but not through his family, which may have been taken as if we didn’t want him to be released this way," Seif wrote. However, according to his family, he has switched to a "Gandhi-style" hunger strike, consuming 100 calories a day by adding skimmed milk and honey to a cup of tea.

Source: The Guardian June 07, 2022 08:07 UTC