The sister of Egyptian-British hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah landed in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday to campaign for his release as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and other world leaders flew in for the COP27 climate summit.
Egyptian officials have not responded to Reuters' phone calls for comment on Abd el-Fattah's case. They said previously that he was receiving meals and was moved to a prison with better conditions earlier this year.
Abd el-Fattah's family said he was only consuming minimal calories and some fibre to sustain himself earlier in the year. After family visits in October, Sanaa Seif said: "He looks very weak, he's fading away slowly, he looks like a skeleton."
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