{"id":115122,"date":"2025-12-29T03:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T08:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/uk-prime-minister-slammed-for-welcoming-home-freed-egyptian-prisoner-after-social-media-posts-resurface-115122"},"modified":"2025-12-29T03:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T08:42:13","slug":"uk-prime-minister-slammed-for-welcoming-home-freed-egyptian-prisoner-after-social-media-posts-resurface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/uk-prime-minister-slammed-for-welcoming-home-freed-egyptian-prisoner-after-social-media-posts-resurface-115122","title":{"rendered":"UK prime minister slammed for welcoming home freed Egyptian prisoner after social media posts resurface"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/united-kingdom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer<\/a> is facing criticism after he welcomed home a recently released Egyptian prisoner who allegedly posted violent and antisemitic language on his social media in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Successive British governments have pushed for the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a dual British-Egyptian national who had been behind bars in Egypt for most of the last 14 years.<\/p>\n<p>He was released from prison in September following a pardon by the Egyptian president but remained in the country under a travel ban that was only recently lifted, allowing him to return to the U.K. on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer celebrated Abd el-Fattah&#8217;s return by saying he was &#8220;delighted&#8221; that the activist had been reunited with his family in Britain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/family-thanks-trump-saudi-arabia-releases-us-retiree-jailed-over-tweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP SECURES RELEASE OF AMERICAN TRAPPED IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR YEARS OVER ONLINE POSTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a senior member of the opposition Conservative Party criticized Starmer for giving a &#8220;personal, public endorsement&#8221; to Abd el-Fattah.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Jenrick, the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor, wanted to know whether Starmer was aware of past social media posts in which Abd el-Fattah allegedly endorsed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killing Zionists<\/a> and police. Jenrick also demanded that Starmer condemn Abd el-Fattah\u2019s remarks and withdraw his &#8220;unalloyed endorsement&#8221; of the activist.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nobody should be imprisoned arbitrarily nor for peaceful dissent,&#8221; Jenrick wrote. &#8220;But neither should the prime minister place the authority of his office behind someone whose own words cross into the language of racism and bloodshed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jenrick, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage have called for Abd el-Fattah\u2019s British citizenship to be revoked and for him to be deported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/uk-comedy-writer-graham-linehan-arrested-over-social-media-posts-criticizing-trans-activists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>UK COMEDY WRITER GRAHAM LINEHAN ARRESTED OVER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS CRITICIZING TRANS ACTIVISTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.K. government later clarified that the prime minister did not know about the &#8220;abhorrent&#8221; social media posts when he issued the welcoming statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said in a statement that it had been &#8220;a long-standing priority&#8221; of governments under both major parties to push for Abd el-Fattah\u2019s release, but it said that does not imply an endorsement of his social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government condemns Mr. El-Fattah\u2019s historic tweets and considers them to be abhorrent,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Abd el-Fattah issued an &#8220;unequivocal apology&#8221; on Sunday, describing his past comments as the &#8220;expressions of a young man\u2019s anger&#8221; during regional crises and police brutality in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Abd el-Fattah\u2019s family in the U.K. had argued that he spent most of the past 14 years behind bars because of his opposition to Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi&#8217;s government.<\/p>\n<p>His mother, Laila Soueif, 69, was on a 10-month hunger strike to pressure British authorities to do more to secure her son\u2019s freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Abd el-Fattah arrived at London\u2019s Heathrow Airport, critics began circulating his past social media posts. 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