Alaa Abdel Fattah is making headlines again as his mother continues hunger strike

Imprisoned activist Alaa Abdel Fattah is once again catching the attention of the international press, with his mother, Laila Soueif, entering the fourth week of her hunger strike in London while campaigning for his release, the BBC reports. Soueif is pushing for stronger action from the newly-elected UK government, telling the state broadcaster that “I’m keeping it up until Alaa is free or I’m taken to hospital in a terrible state.”