British citizen @alaa AbdelFattah, a prominent activist jailed and tortured in a maximum security prison in #Egypt, has bid goodbye to his family as he enters the 2nd month of a hunger strike demanding a consular visit.His family fear for his life (THREAD) independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…
2. Since 2019 Alaa not been allowed books, exercise, to know the time, to see the sun. He has been banned from sending letters to his family & from receiving a bed sheet and a t-shirt. He has only drunk water and rehydration salts since April 2 when he started the hunger strike
3. He has spent most of the last 10 years behind bars & is currently serving a 5year sentence following a trial labelled a “sham” by rights groups. He was convicted on charges of spreading false news after he shared posts that were critical of terrible prison conditions in #Egypt
4. His sister @Monasosh told me he said goodbye as he is worried his body will fail as he goes into complete isolation over the next month, now letters are banned and/or the guards “will take advantage of the fact that he is in complete isolation to use extreme force, torture”
5. Alaa sent me a message from jail,he seemed to express suicidal thoughts. “In 2011 there was a prisoner held with me who had both hands broken from torture &was in excruciating pain.Even though he was about to be released,he threw himself out of the window. This is how I feel”
6. Alaa is a British citizen-as is his family-they’re worried if his treatment worsens, if he can’t secure a consular visit, this sets a “worrying precedent” for British citizens in Egypt. Under Egyptian & British law you’ve the right to a consular visit independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…
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