On 29 September, prominent Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah will have been imprisoned for the length of his unjust five-year prison sentence, amid fears that Egyptian authorities will refuse to release him. On 20 December 2021, he was convicted on bogus charges and sentenced to five years in prison, following a grossly unfair trial. Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has spent most of the past decade behind bars, has been subjected to a litany of human rights violations including arbitrary detention, unfair trial, torture and other ill-treatment and periodic bans on family visits. Alaa Abdel Fattah is a prisoner of conscience who should be immediately and unconditionally released as his detention is solely linked to the exercise of his human rights.
