Prominent Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who recently arrived in the UK after being freed from an Egyptian prison, has apologized for past social media posts that have sparked calls for his deportation from opposition politicians.
The posts, made over a decade ago, included endorsements of violence against “Zionists” and police.
While stating some tweets were misunderstood, Abd el-Fattah acknowledged others were “shocking and hurtful” and apologized, attributing them to a young man’s anger during regional crises.
The controversy has prompted figures like Reform UK’s Nigel Farage and the Conservative Party’s Kemi Badenoch to demand his citizenship be reviewed for deportation, while the UK’s Foreign Office condemned the historic tweets as “abhorrent”.
