White House expresses ‘deep concern’ over Alaa Abd el-Fattah – By News Agencies (Al Jazeera) / Nov 10, 2022
US says it wants the jailed British-Egyptian activist, who is hunger and water strike, freed.
The White House has expressed “deep concern” for jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who is on a hunger strike and has begun refusing water to coincide with the COP27 climate summit.
“We have been in high-level communication with the Egyptian government on this case, we have deep concern about it, we would like to see him freed,” US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters in Washington, DC on Thursday.
Senior United States officials said on Tuesday that President Joe Biden will raise the issue of human rights during his meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
The White House made this statement after the activist’s lawyer said he had been refused access to Abd el-Fattah, despite being authorised for such a visit by the interior ministry.
CONTINUE > https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/10/white-house-expresses-deep-concern-over-alaa-abd-el-fattah
