‘Proof of life’ note says writer, who has been on hunger strike, is drinking water again, says sister

The family of the jailed British-Egyptian writer and pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah say they have received confirmation that he is still alive.

Concerns had been growing after he stepped up a hunger strike and stopped taking water in protest at his treatment by the Egyptian authorities.

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