Alaa Abd el-Fattah ‘exhausted, weak’, family say after visit

The activist's mother was allowed to visit her son for the first time in nearly a month on Thursday

The family of British-Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd el-Fattah say his health has visibly deteriorated due to the escalation of his hunger strike after being allowed to visit him today.

This was the first time the activist's mother, Laila Soueif, had been allowed to visit him in nearly a month. Prison authorities repeatedly denied her access last week.