Jailed Egyptian activist on ‘water strike’ as UK PM vows support

Alaa Abd el-Fattah has stopped drinking water, his family says, as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vows to lobby for his release

Jailed Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has stopped drinking water, his family said on Sunday, escalating his hunger strike as the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he will raise his case with Cairo during the COP27 climate summit that opened on Sunday.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/6/cop27-uk-prime-minister-sunak-alaa-abdel-fattah-hunger-strike