Alaa Abd al-Fattah ist aus der Haft entlassen worden. 2011 war er eine der Führungsfiguren des „Arabischen Frühlings“ in Ägypten.

He was arrested in 2019 in Egypt and sentenced in 2021 to five years in jail for "spreading false news".

The 43-year-old British-Egyptian national, who was pardoned alongside five others, was a leading figure in Egypt's 2011 uprising and was jailed under each administration since.