![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/brit-stuck-in-jail-in-egypt-has-deteriorated-since-he-started-hunger-strike/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_COP27-Activist-Cairo-Egypt-22-Sep-2014.jpg&description=Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his criticism of Egypt's rulers, went on hunger strike earlier this month as the UN climate conference came to Sharm el-SheikhAlaa Abdel-Fattah's condition has "deteriorated severely" since his hunger strikeThe family of a British-Egyptian activist imprisoned in Egypt say his condition has "deteriorated severely" after he went on a brutal hunger strike. Alaa Abdel-Fattah's mother, aunt and two sisters visited him at Wadi elNatroun prison just north of Cairo today for the first time in almost a month and said he was not doing well. One of the sisters Mona Seif tweeted: "News from the visit are unsettling," adding that his condition had "deteriorated severely" following his hunger strike, which appears to have ended. She did not elaborate more on his health but said the family would share more information later in the day. Abdel-Fattah, 40, is one of Egypt's most prominent pro-democracy campaigners. He had intensified a hunger strike and halted all calories and water at the start of the UN climate conference in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh earlier this month to draw attention to his case and those of other political prisoners. Abdel-Fattah's mum, Laila Soueif, holds a letter from her son ( Amr Nabil/AP/REX/Shutterstock) Concerns for his health intensified as the family was barred from seeing him. Last Thursday, prison authorities began an unspecified medical intervention on Abdel-Fattah - prompting fears he was being force-fed. Then earlier this week, Abdel-Fattah informed his family in handwritten notes that he first started drinking water again and then also ended the hunger strike. Abdel-Fattah's mother, Laila Soueif, received two short letters in her son's handwriting, on Monday and Tuesday, through prison authorities. The first letter, confirming Abdel-Fattah had started drinking water again, was dated on Saturday, while the second letter, confirming he had ended his hung){kind=link}
Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his criticism of Egypt’s rulers, went on hunger strike earlier this month as the UN climate conference came to Sharm el-Sheikh
The family of a British-Egyptian activist imprisoned in Egypt say his condition has “deteriorated severely” after he went on a brutal hunger strike.
Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s mother, aunt and two sisters visited him at Wadi elNatroun prison just north of Cairo today for the first time in almost a month and said he was not doing well.
One of the sisters Mona Seif tweeted: “News from the visit are unsettling,” adding that his condition had “deteriorated severely” following his hunger strike, which appears to have ended.
She did not elaborate more on his health but said the family would share more information later in the day.