Detained Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah ‘at risk of suicide’ and other stories

Today we look at the continued persecution of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, a hunger strike announced by Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, and more

September 15, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the continued detention of Egyptian activist and software developer Alaa Abdel Fattah; the hunger strike announced by nearly 1,400 Palestinian prisoners against the illegal collective punishment in Israeli jails; the hunger strike launched by undocumented migrants in Tapachula, Mexico to demand a safe passage to the US; and the final report of the Investigate PH coalition on the human rights violations in the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte.