While climate justice is debated at the summit, justice is failing the activist who is six months into a hunger strike
- Caroline Lucas is the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion
You probably haven’t heard of Alaa Abd El-Fattah – so let me tell you about him. He’s a British citizen. He’s a father to a 10-year-old son. He’s a dearly loved brother. He’s a writer and a pro-democracy activist in Egypt, whose powerful and emotive blogging played a part in catalysing the nation’s seismic 2011 uprising.
He’s also been unlawfully imprisoned by the Egyptian authorities for more than nine years – that’s a quarter of his life – and he has faced persecution and psychological torture. Now he could have just days to live.
Caroline Lucas is the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion
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