The mother and sister of the prominent jailed British-Egyptian writer and democracy activist, Alaa Abdel Fattah, are due to visit him later on Thursday – for the first time since he stopped drinking water earlier this month.
On Tuesday, the family received a note from him saying that he had broken the hunger strike he began in April, and would explain everything on their next monthly visit.
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Mr Abdel Fattah refused food in the hope that it would at least help secure him a visit from British diplomats – though this was never allowed.
Britain, with several other countries, has called for his immediate release.
