Alaa Abd El-Fattah

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Alaa Ahmed Seif al Islam Abd El-Fattah (Arabic: علاء أحمد سيف الإسلام عبد الفتاح, IPA: [ʕæˈlæːʔ ˈæħmæd ˈseːfalislæːm ʕæbdelfatˈtæːħ]), known professionally as Alaa Abd El-Fattah (Arabic: علاء عبد الفتاح; born 1981), is an Egyptian-British software developer, blogger, political activist and former political prisoner who was imprisoned by the Egyptian government for 12 years. After a 2006 arrest by Egyptian police, Abd El-Fattah was released without charge 45 days later. He was imprisoned in Egypt for organising a political protest without requesting authorisation, and released on bail in March 2014. In September 2014, he was rearrested and ordered released on bail again, receiving a five-year sentence in February 2015, from which he was released in late March 2019. In September 2019, during the 2019 Egyptian protests, Abd El-Fattah was re-arrested by the National Security Agency and taken to State Security Prosecution on unknown charges. He was convicted of "spreading fake news" and jailed...

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