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• Charges: “joining an illegal organization,” “spreading false news,” “misusing social media,” and “receiving foreign funding” in Case 1356/2019.
• In December 2021, he was sentenced to five years in prison by Egypt’s Emergency State Security Court on charges of spreading false news in case 1228/2021 for sharing a Facebook post about the torture of another detainee. The two years of pretrial detention he served previously were not counted toward his sentence.
• Alaa has been on a hunger strike since April 2, 2022. On the first day of COP 27, he’ll have been on hunger strike for 218 days. Despite the clear toll it has taken on his health, authorities have denied that he has even undergone a hunger strike.
• Alaa has been a frequent target of the Egyptian regime, first arrested in 2006 while taking part in a peaceful protest and detained for several weeks. In October 2011, he was arrested again and jailed for several months. In 2013, Alaa was re-arrested for organizing a protest in violation of Egypt’s draconian Protest Law. He was held for over 100 days without trial before being temporarily released on bail in March 2014. In June of that year, he was handed a 15-year sentence, which was later reduced to five years.
• In April 2022, Alaa’s family announced he had been granted British citizenship through his mother, who was born in London. However, he has been repeatedly denied consular services and legal representation.