A mother declared at risk of sudden death due to her 150-day hunger strike to free her jailed son has been persuaded to end her fast if UK ministers show any sign of progress in efforts to seek his release.
Laila Soueif was hospitalised with low blood sugar this week as she tries to secure release of son Alaa Abd el-Fattah.
Fattah, who has been jailed repeatedly by the regime of the Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, completed his current five-year sentence last September, if his two years in detention before sentencing are taken into account as is specified by Egyptian law.
Soueif was taken to hospital on Monday after her hunger strike led to a dangerous fall in her blood sugar levels.
Soueif was admitted to hospital when blood sugar levels dropped to 2.0 mmol/L and she recorded a low blood pressure reading of 75/45.
