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 ...

British-Egyptian activist and Fitzcarraldo Editions author Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been pardoned by Egypt’s president, after being imprisoned for six years, according to state media and his lawyer, ...

Egyptian-British blogger and activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah rose to prominence as an impassioned voice in the Arab Spring uprising that toppled Egypt's veteran autocrat and has since become a symbol of ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Reuters) -Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned high-profile Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, along with five other prisoners, after a lengthy imprisonment and repeated ...

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 ...

Alaa Abd El Fattah, a British-Egyptian dual citizen, was imprisoned for most of the past 12 years as a dissident. He and his mother went on hunger strike to press for his release. By Vivian Yee Vivian ...

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 ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities on Monday announced the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who has been in prison for almost all of the past 12 years. A statement from the ...