Caroline Hawley,diplomatic correspondent,and
Yang Tian
Family handout
Alaa Abdel Fattah was pardoned in September but was then not allowed to leave the Egypt
The British-Egyptian writer and pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has arrived in the UK after a travel ban imposed by the Egyptian authorities was lifted.
He was freed from jail in September after spending more than a decade of his life behind bars.
His latest imprisonment came after being convicted of “spreading fake news” when he shared a Facebook post about torture in the country.
For Alaa Abdel Fattah and his family this is a new b
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