Alaa Abdel Fattah

(asked on 14th July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his polices of the denial of UK consular access to Alaa Abdel Fattah by the Egyptian government; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
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David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 24th July 2023

The Foreign Secretary has raised Mr El-Fattah's case on several occasions with Egyptian Foreign Minister Shoukry, most recently on 2 March. The Minister of State for the Middle East, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, has raised the case several times with the Egyptian Ambassador, most recently on 10 July and also raised it with Foreign Minister Shoukry during his visit to Cairo on 4 April. The Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell, raised the case with the Egyptian authorities on 25 May during his visit to Cairo.

The Government continues to make every effort in our engagement with the Egyptian authorities on the case. We remain focussed on Mr El-Fattah's welfare and pressing for consular access and his release. We continue to provide consular support to Mr El-Fattah and his family, who Lord Ahmad most recently met on 6 July.

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