![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/alaa-abdel-fattah-jailed-british-egyptian-activist-escalates-hunger-strike/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127471060_mediaitem127469237.jpg&description=Image caption, Sanaa Seif holds a photo of her brother Alaa Abdel Fattah and his son at a sit-in outside the Foreign Office in LondonJailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah is beginning a new stage of his hunger strike, according to his family, who fear for his life.It comes amid growing calls for his release as Egypt prepares to host the COP27 climate summit this weekend.For more than 200 days, Abdel Fattah has taken in just 100 calories to push Egypt to allow British consular access.The 40 year old has told relatives he will now drink only water until Sunday and then plans to stop even that."Alaa is using the only tool available to him, his body, to fight for life. Right now he's not living like a human being," his sister Sanaa Seif told me. "He's very frail already. I worry about him dying."When she last saw him in prison - behind a plastic screen, on one of the monthly visits which he is allowed - he was "skin on bone", with sunken eyes and little energy, she says. As delegates prepare to fly to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh for the COP27 summit, Ms Seif is continuing a sit-in outside the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) - her tiny blue tent dwarfed by the imposing buildings of Westminster. The 28-year-old human rights defender, who has served three prison sentences in Egypt herself on charges that fellow activists condemned as bogus, says she has been buoyed by solidarity from around the world - with Greta Thunberg and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe among the visitors. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Climate activists Greta Thunberg (R) and Andreas Magnusson (L) want Alaa to be freed before COP27But the family has been deeply disappointed by the British government's response. "Egypt and Britain have a very strong relationship," Ms Seif says. "The UK has helped Egypt a lot in the logistics of COP. But they're not willing to show any teeth."I imagine if they were exerting any pressure, at least they would have consular a){kind=link}
Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah is beginning a new stage of his hunger strike, according to his family, who fear for his life.
It comes amid growing calls for his release as Egypt prepares to host the COP27 climate summit this weekend.
For more than 200 days, Abdel Fattah has taken in just 100 calories to push Egypt to allow British consular access.
The 40 year old has told relatives he will now drink only water until Sunday and then plans to stop even that.
“Alaa is using the only tool available to him, his body, to fight for life. Right now he’s not living like a human being,” his sister Sanaa Seif told me. “He’s very frail already. I worry about him dying.”