Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Egyptian counterpart o the ongoing detainment of Alaa abdel Fattah in Egypt.

Since his sentencing on December 2021, FCDO officials have consistently called on the Egyptian government to urgently grant consular access to visit Alaa Abdel Fatah. The Minister of State for North Africa raised the case with Foreign Minister Shoukry during a call on 21 May, and during his recent visit to Cairo. The UK Government regularly raises human rights concerns with the Egyptian authorities, including with regard to political prisoners in the Egyptian system, both privately and in forums such as the UN Human Rights Council.