Tuesday marks 100 days since 68-year-old Laila Soueif started a hunger strike in a plea to the UK government to free her son ...

British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his ...

Laila Soueif says the UK government is waiting for her 'to be hospitalised' before acting to secure son's release ...

The mother of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah vowed on Tuesday, 100 days into her hunger strike, to continue until he is released even if her health fails her.

One hundred days after jailed British-Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah should have been freed – and as his mother continues ...

Laila Soueif is on the 75th day of a hunger strike calling for the U.K. government to push for the release of her son, jailed Egyptian British author and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

In the Christmas cold outside the Foreign Office, 68-year-old grandmother Laila Soueif is starving herself. White lines are being chalked onto the pavement in front of her, one for each day she ...

Laila Soueif will mark the 81st day of a hunger strike on behalf of her jailed son Alaa Abdel Fattah with a Christmas vigil outside Downing Street on Thursday 19 December (5:30-7:00 pm). Abdel Fattah, ...

Laila Soueif, who consumes nothing more than hydration salts, water and tea with sweetener, has lost more than 20kg since 30 October, when she began fighting for her son, Alaa Abdel Fattah ...

His mother, Laila Soueif, 68, has been on hunger strike for 74 days and her protest now includes sitting outside the Foreign Office, in London, for an hour on each working day of the week.

Exclusive: Pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has been in prison in Egypt for more than 10 years on charges the United ...

Laila Soueif, who consumes nothing more than hydration salts, water and tea with sweetener, has lost more than 20kg since 30 October, when she began fighting for her son, Alaa Abdel Fattah, to be ...