Read our Privacy noticeBritish-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been released from prison in Egypt after spending more than a decade behind bars, following a presidential pardon issued by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Social media posts showed Mr Abd el-Fattah, wearing a yellow T-shirt, embracing his mother. News of Mr Abd el-Fattah’s release came after it was confirmed that President Sisi had granted him a full pardon. Mr Abd el-Fattah has also staged multiple hunger strikes while in detention, most recently in early September, to protest against his imprisonment and in solidarity with his mother. John Casson, a former British ambassador to Egypt, had called for Mr Abd el-Fattah’s release, and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Richard Ratcliffe spoke out in support of his family.