Mother of jailed activist hospitalised during hunger strike

Laila Soueif, the mother of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, has been hospitalised in London after her blood sugar dropped to a dangerously low level, The New Arab reported on May 30th. 

The 69-year-old academic has been on hunger strike since September 29, 2024—the date her son was due for release after serving a five-year sentence.

After briefly reducing her protest to a partial strike, she resumed a full hunger strike last week. This marks her second hospitalisation since February. Alaa Abdel Fattah was imprisoned in 2019 for allegedly spreading false information after posting about police violence on Facebook in Egypt.

The New Arab/ Maghrebi.org