Alaa Abdel Fattah, a prominent writer and pro-democracy activist, is one of Egypt’s highest-profile prisoners. He has been detained unlawfully for over a decade and should be released immediately.

Laila Soueif, 68, has been refusing to eat in protest against the detention of her son Alaa Abdel Fattah in Egypt. She has lost almost 30kg, roughly 35 per cent of her starting body weight.