Letters regarding the arrest and detention of Alaa ‘Abd El-Fattah
On 18 May 2022, BRISMES Council wrote to the Egyptian and UK governments to express our serious and urgent concern regarding the arrest and detention of Alaa ‘Abd El-Fattah and to call for his immediate release.
We call upon the Egyptian government to follow the precedent of other human rights defenders who have recently been freed such as Ramy Shaath, and immediately free Alaa ‘Abd El-Fattah and all other peaceful protesters, critics and human rights defenders, and to drop all charges against them.
We also call upon the UK government to unreservedly condemn such ill-treatment and to exercise all legal and diplomatic instruments available to it in order to press upon its Egyptian counterparts the importance of guaranteeing the human rights and health of Mr ‘Abd El-Fattah and of other human rights defenders, guaranteeing consular access and full support for Mr ‘Abd El-Fattah.