They say that in an autocracy like Egypt, the only way to get results is for Sir Keir Starmer to make a direct demand of Mr Sisi for Mr Fattah’s release.
Despite meeting with the family earlier this month and telling them that Mr Fattah’s release is a priority, Sir Keir has not spoken with Mr Sisi.
A day after Sir Keir spoke with the family, the British ambassador to Egypt was pictured smiling at an event next to the Egyptian Attorney General, Mr Fattah’s effective jailer.
She says she is “in awe” of her mother’s “strength and resilience” and believes that without this pressure, the government would not have agreed to help secure Mr Fattah’s release.
It is the Egyptian government that is holding Mr Fattah prisoner, the family say, but the British authorities, through their inaction, are complicit in his detention.
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