Egypt Lifts Travel Ban on Activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah

 

UK – Middle East Eye, Dec. 21, 2025

The prominent activist was granted a presidential pardon in September

Egypt has lifted a travel ban on prominent Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, following a request submitted on his behalf, according to his lawyer Khaled Ali.

Abd el-Fattah was pardoned by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on 22 September and released from the notorious Wadi el-Natrun prison after nearly a decade in custody.

The 43-year-old is one of the most well-known figures of the 2011 Arab Spring uprising and was jailed following Sisi’s seizure of power in a 2013 military coup. 

Despite the pardon, the Egyptian authorities stopped Abd el-Fattah from travelling at Cairo airport last month as he prepared to fly to Britain. 


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