Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah walks free by presidential pardon after spending nearly half a decade in prison CAIRO -- Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah walks free by presidential pardon ...

The Egyptian-British human rights activist and writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been pardoned after almost six years in jail in Egypt and hunger strikes by Abd el-Fattah and his mother. The announcement ...

Prominent British-Egyptian democracy advocate Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been freed after years of detention. His release follows a petition from Egypt’s human rights council and increased international ...

Activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah speaks during a conference at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, in 2014 (Nariman El-Mofty/AP] The Egyptian-British human rights activist and writer Alaa Abd ...

A British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist who has spent years in prison has been released after being pardoned by Egypt's president, according to his lawyer. Alaa Abd El Fattah was released from Wadi ...

Prominent Egyptian-British human rights activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been freed after spending most of the past 12 years in prison, his family said, a day after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah ...

Egyptian authorities have announced a presidential pardon for prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, imprisoned for nearly 12 years. Abd el-Fattah, a symbol of the Arab Spring uprising, was serving a ...

CAIRO (AP) — The downtown Cairo apartment of Alaa Abd el-Fattah was filled with laughter and joy Tuesday as family and friends gathered to absorb the long-awaited news: the pro-democracy ...

Prominent Egyptian activist and government critic Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been released from prison, and on Tuesday was reunited with his family after he was pardoned by the country’s president. His ...