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Egypt refuses to free jailed activist Alaa Abdel Fattah: sister
Egyptian authorities have refused to release dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah despite serving out his five-year sentence, his sister said Sunday. Abdel Fattah, 42, was arrested on September 29, 2019. Just over two years later, he was handed a five-year sentence for "spreading false news" by sharing a Facebook post about police brutality. His family on Thursday urged the government of Britain, where Abdel Fattah holds citizenship, to ensure his release this weekend. But on Sunday his sister Mona Seif said in a video posted to social media that the authorities "refused a request" to consider the two years of pre-trial detention as time served towards his sentence. She said

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