President Sisi orders authorities to review clemency request for activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah

A glimmer of hope for Alaa Abd el-Fattah after Egypt’s President Sisi ordered authorities to study a possible pardon for the well-known blogger and activist.  

The 43-year-old joint Egyptian-British national is a symbol of resistance to authoritarian rule and has spent much of the last decade in prison.  

His mother Laila Soueif has been a tireless campaigner for her son’s release, going on hunger strike and appealing to the…