 | Family: Egypt activist ‘deteriorated’ since hunger strikeAbdel-Fattah rose to fame during the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings that swept through the Middle East, toppling Egypt’s long-time autocratic President Hosni Mubarak. |
| Imprisoned Egyptian activist calls off hunger strikeAbdel-Fattah is one of Egypt’s most prominent pro-democracy activists and has spent most of the last decade in prison. |
 | Egypt: Hunger-striking pro-democracy campaigner drinking water, says familyAbdel-Fattah has been allowed to communicate with his family through weekly letters. Monday’s letter is the first proof of life the family received since he began refusing water eight days ago. |
| Nobel winners call attention to Egypt political prisonersAbdel-Fattah, an outspoken dissident and a U.K. citizen, rose to prominence with the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Middle East and in Egypt toppled long-time President Hosni Mubarak. |
