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Nigel Farage has reported democracy activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah to counter-terrorism police over historic social media posts. The dissident is on the centre of a row over feedback on X which resurfaced after his arrival within the UK earlier this week following his launch from detention in Egypt.

The now-deleted posts seem to point out Mr Abd El-Fattah branding Britons “dogs and monkeys”, calling for Zionists to be killed and violence in opposition to the police, and expressing hatred of white folks.

Reform UK chief Mr Farage stated this night: “I have reported Alaa Abd El-Fattah to counter-terrorism police.” Sir Keir Starmer has confronted criticism for publicly celebrating Mr Abd El-Fattah’s arrival in Britain on Boxing Day after the posts courting again to 2010 emerged.

It is known that the Prime Minister was unaware of the statements when he stated he was “delighted” that the British-Egyptian twin nationwide had been reunited with household within the UK.

The Tories have known as for Mr Abd El-Fatta to be stripped of his British citizenship, which he reportedly obtained by means of his UK-born mom, and deported.

Mr Abd El-Fattah was detained in Egypt in September 2019 and sentenced to 5 years in jail on costs of spreading false information in December 2021.

His imprisonment was branded a breach of worldwide legislation by UN investigators, and he was launched after being pardoned by Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi in a transfer the earlier Tory authorities additionally lobbied for.

The Foreign Office stated right this moment: “The Government condemns Mr El-Fattah’s historic tweets and considers them to be abhorrent.”

The assertion was added to 1 issued earlier that learn: “Mr El-Fattah is a British citizen.

“It has been a long-standing precedence below successive governments to work for his launch from detention, and to see him reunited along with his household within the UK.”