![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/alaa-abdel-fattah-british-egyptian-activists-life-at-acute-risk/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127554320_gettyimages-1244564942.jpg&description=Image source, Anadolu AgencyImage caption, The UN said Alaa Abdel Fattah was one of a number of Egyptians "arbitrarily deprived of their liberty".The United Nations human rights chief has called on Egypt to immediately release jailed British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah.Volker Türk said his life was "at acute risk" after he escalated a hunger strike and stopped drinking water.He began the strike in April to protest against the denial of consular visits.His sister, Sanaa Seif, said: "All we know is that Alaa stopped drinking water 50 hours ago. We don't know where he is. We don't know if he is alive.""My mother waited outside the prison gates for 10 hours yesterday for her weekly letter. They didn't give her one. She is back at those gates right now," she told a news conference at the COP27 climate conference in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. "I asked the British authorities to get us some proof that Alaa is alive and conscious. I did not get any response."Ms Seif said she had been extremely worried by recent interviews given by Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, who is chairing COP27, and President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.Mr Shoukry told CNBC on Monday that prison authorities were providing Abdel Fattah with the "healthcare and care that is available to all inmates", while France's president said Mr Sisi had assured him Egypt was "committed to ensuring that [the] health of Alaa Abdel Fattah is preserved". "Are they force-feeding my brother right now? Is he handcuffed in a bed put on IVs [intravenous therapy] against his will. This is what it sounds like to me," Ms Seif said. "If that is the case, then he has been plunged into a worse nightmare than he was already in.""We know that they are happy for him to die. The only thing they care about is that it doesn't happen while the world is watching."UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stressed his "deep concern" at the case during a meeting with President Sisi in Sharm el-Sheikh on Mond){kind=link}
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Watch: Egyptian MP confronts sister of jailed activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and gets kicked out of press conference
The United Nations human rights chief has called on Egypt to immediately release jailed British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah.
Volker Türk said his life was “at acute risk” after he escalated a hunger strike and stopped drinking water.
He began the strike in April to protest against the denial of consular visits.