Release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah

Part of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – in the House of Commons at on 26 November 2024.

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Photo of David Lammy David Lammy Foreign Secretary, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

I look forward to meeting Mr el-Fattah’s mother later on today. I reassure my hon. Friend personally that I share his determination and resolve to see Alaa reunited with his family, and I think their love and dedication to him is obvious to many parliamentarians whom they have met and campaigned with. My hon. Friend will understand that with the terrible situation in Gaza, it is important that this Government continue to speak to our Egyptian friends, who obviously have real proximity to Gaza. I understand the strength of feeling, and that is why the Prime Minister has raised this and I have raised this on successive occasions. Alaa is a dual national, and we will continue to lobby on his behalf.