A British-Misi grandmother admitted to the hospital About 250 days on hunger strike To Opposition to his son’s illegal imprisonment Only one is avoiding a “miracle”, his family said.
Laila Soif, 69, is currently suffering from low blood sugar levels at St. Thomas Hospital. His doctors say that he is a serious risk of “sudden death”.
Maths Professor and pro -democracy activists who previously lived in London, went on strike on September 29 last year after Egyptian officials. Refused to release his sonFellow Pro-Democracy Voice and British passport holder Ala Abd al-Fatah from prison in Cairo.
The date of September marked the end of the five -year sentence of Mr. Fata, handed over a fellow worker in jail to share a post on social media about the murder. He had already served in five years of custody for pro -democracy activism before his second sentence, spent just six months from jail between the two stints. His 13 -year -old son Khalid has spent most of his young life in Briton without his father.
The family of Mr. Fattah says that the British government has failed to protect and secure their release against Egyptian rule. Mr. Fattah has also been denied consular access for the British Embassy, despite its legal rights.
There are two objectives of Ms. Soif’s unprecedented hunger strike: to release her son to oppose Egyptian rule and urge Sir Cair CowardGovernment working hard for the freedom of broker Mr. Fatta.
After about 250 days of dinner, when she accepted 300 liquid calories a day with only a brief break between February and May, her family says they cannot believe that Ms. Soif is still going.
“It is a miracle that he is a conscious,” said Sana Safe, a 31 -year -old daughter of Ms. Soif, outside the main entrance of the St. Thomas Hospital.
Ms. Safe said that her mother, who was admitted to the hospital for the second time during her hunger strike last Thursday, is still not receiving food, but there is an injection that helps her body to burn the already existing fat.
However, doctors are worried that whatever fat is left to burn, it may be that its organs are holding together, which they have stated that the family is a “very limited” source.
“She is fighting. Her body is fighting. She is with us,” said Ms. Safe. “I hope people are at 10 and 10 foreign Office Use this time, his body has given us well. ,
Last week, United Nations Found that Mr. In four separate cases, the prevention of phatta was illegal. They found that the worker was imprisoned to use freedom of expression, and Cairo immediately called him to leave him.
The ruling ruling the British government in order to secure the release of Shri Fatta.
The Sir Kir Stmper met with the family, including Ms. Sof, in February, when Grandma was about 140 days in her hunger strike. He then promised that “I to do all that to secure the release of Mr. Fatta”.
John McDonal MP, who is supporting the family, says that Sir Keer called the Egyptian President later, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi“There was no effect”.
“The government has gone through all regular measures,” he said. “Now there should be a feeling of urgency in the next few hours.”
He echoed a call for the UK to roll the “package of economic measures” against Cahira, including changing the advice of Britain’s Foreign Office traveling to Egypt.
He said that it is only a threat to the “harmful” results that the Egyptian government will respond.
A FCDO spokesperson said: “We are committed to achieving the release of Ala Abd al-Fatah. The Foreign Secretary emphasized the urgency of the situation in a call with his counterpart on Sunday morning, and further engagement at the Egyptian government continues.
“We are deeply concerned about Laila’s hospitalization. We are in regular contact with Laila’s family and checked on her welfare.”
