02:38Egyptian MP Amr Darwish heckled Sanaa Seif, the sister of imprisoned Egyptian-British activist, Alaa Abdel-Fattah, at a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations climate summit COP27, in Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday.
Footage shows Darwish taking the microphone and asking a question about why the family describes Alaa as a political prisoner and accusing them of resorting to foreign pressure to attack the Egyptian military.
The lawmaker was eventually escorted out of the conference by security.
Earlier, Seif had said that she was unsure of her brother’s whereabouts, or if he is still alive. She explained that she and her family had been reaching out to British and Egyptian authorities, both of which had not cooperated.
Abdel-Fattah entered a hunger strike more than six months ago and recently stopped drinking water to put pressure on Egyptian authorities and to get consular support from the United Kingdom.
The now 40-year-old was one of the most prominent leaders of the 2011 uprising in Egypt and has spent most of the past decade in prison. In December 2021, the State Security Emergency Court of Egypt sentenced him to 5 years in prison for spreading 'false news'.
Egypt: Lawmaker confronts sister of imprisoned activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah at COP27
Egyptian MP Amr Darwish heckled Sanaa Seif, the sister of imprisoned Egyptian-British activist, Alaa Abdel-Fattah, at a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations climate summit COP27, in Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday.
Footage shows Darwish taking the microphone and asking a question about why the family describes Alaa as a political prisoner and accusing them of resorting to foreign pressure to attack the Egyptian military.
The lawmaker was eventually escorted out of the conference by security.
Earlier, Seif had said that she was unsure of her brother’s whereabouts, or if he is still alive. She explained that she and her family had been reaching out to British and Egyptian authorities, both of which had not cooperated.
Abdel-Fattah entered a hunger strike more than six months ago and recently stopped drinking water to put pressure on Egyptian authorities and to get consular support from the United Kingdom.
The now 40-year-old was one of the most prominent leaders of the 2011 uprising in Egypt and has spent most of the past decade in prison. In December 2021, the State Security Emergency Court of Egypt sentenced him to 5 years in prison for spreading 'false news'.
Egyptian MP Amr Darwish heckled Sanaa Seif, the sister of imprisoned Egyptian-British activist, Alaa Abdel-Fattah, at a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations climate summit COP27, in Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday.
Footage shows Darwish taking the microphone and asking a question about why the family describes Alaa as a political prisoner and accusing them of resorting to foreign pressure to attack the Egyptian military.
The lawmaker was eventually escorted out of the conference by security.
Earlier, Seif had said that she was unsure of her brother’s whereabouts, or if he is still alive. She explained that she and her family had been reaching out to British and Egyptian authorities, both of which had not cooperated.
Abdel-Fattah entered a hunger strike more than six months ago and recently stopped drinking water to put pressure on Egyptian authorities and to get consular support from the United Kingdom.
The now 40-year-old was one of the most prominent leaders of the 2011 uprising in Egypt and has spent most of the past decade in prison. In December 2021, the State Security Emergency Court of Egypt sentenced him to 5 years in prison for spreading 'false news'.