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Abd el-Fattah, one of Egypt’s most prominent human rights defenders, has been freed after spending more than a decade behind bars
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British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been released from prison in Egypt after spending more than a decade behind bars, following a presidential pardon issued by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.












