Picture courtesy of Humanitarian Rights Watch

 

Alaa Abd El Fattah, a high-profile British-Egyptian activist, has found himself amidst controversy after old tweets surfaced, prompting Tory leaders to call for his deportation. Just days after arriving in the UK following his release from an Egyptian jail, social media posts have emerged, showing him advocating violence against Zionists and police. Both Tory and Reform UK figures are urging Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to consider revoking his citizenship.

 

Abd El Fattah, in response to the backlash, has apologised for the historical posts, noting their potential to shock and hurt. His return to the UK was initially welcomed by politicians, including Sir Keir Starmer, although this was before they became aware of the tweets. While condemning the tweets as abhorrent, a government spokesperson acknowledges the complex legal landscape surrounding citizenship revocation.

 

The resurfaced tweets have sparked a political debate, with some senior Labour MPs also supporting the deportation calls. The issue is further complicated by legal precedents that set a high bar for citizenship removal, requiring proof of fraudulent acquisition or a national security threat. Downing Street is reportedly cautious about meeting these criteria in Abd El Fattah's case, reported the BBC.

 

Key Takeaways

• British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah faces deportation calls over historical tweets.
• Legal precedents complicate the potential revocation of his British citizenship.
• Politicians and human rights groups are divided on the matter.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from BBC 2025-12-30

 

 

 

You put your foot in your mouth , then you take it out , in out in out  shake it all about , You do the 180 and you turn around and thats what he's all about. Oh.......

 

He's in the cake shop now so has had an epiphany.

Well fair enough. Lucy Connolly was allowed to apologize so this nu-Brit should too. Not as if there are literally 2 judicial systems in sir kiers UK, one for trad Brits and a completely different one for Nu Brits.

Or is there?

1 minute ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Well fair enough. Lucy Connolly was allowed to apologize so this nu-Brit should too. Not as if there are literally 2 judicial systems in sir kiers UK, one for trad Brits and a completely different one for Nu Brits.

Or is there?

No, there isn't.

3 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

No, there isn't.

Lucy got a 2 1/2 year sentence for an emotional tweet after an animal ripped up a young childrens dance class and deleted her tweets on her own.

This Egyptian made hundreds of vile hate tweets, so he will get decades? 

5 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Lucy got a 2 1/2 year sentence for an emotional tweet after an animal ripped up a young childrens dance class and deleted her tweets on her own.

This Egyptian made hundreds of vile hate tweets, so he will get decades? 

I think the statute of limitations is well passed as most of his tweets were made decades ago, and were in connection with his fight against the Egyptian government following the unsuccessful 'Arab Spring' uprising in that country.

 

So, no comparison with the Connolly case at all.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah faces deportation calls over historical tweets.

Twitter started in 2006, how "historical" can they be?

 

Is Epstein now considered historical and therefore irrelevant?

46 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I think the statute of limitations is well passed as most of his tweets were made decades ago, and were in connection with his fight against the Egyptian government following the unsuccessful 'Arab Spring' uprising in that country.

 

So, no comparison with the Connolly case at all.

Fact check. 5 howlin' Pinnichios

 

"In the posts, most of which appear to have been deleted and could not immediately be verified, he described the killing of Zionists as heroic, adding “we need to kill more of them”. In 2011 he is accused of saying police “don’t have rights, we should just kill them all”. He also once described British people as dogs and monkeys.

 

Screenshots posted online appear to show that on 8 August 2011, during the London riots, he posted: “Go burn the city or downing street or hunt police u fools.” A year later he appeared to post: “By the way I’m a racist, I don’t like white people so piss off.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/29/what-did-alaa-abd-el-fattah-say-past-social-media-posts-why-backlash

 

So about 10 years not "decades ago". Btw what is the statute of limitations for tweets iciting murder of whites, police and jews?  

 

He does seem to have a somewhat tenuous claim on British Citizenship. I understand that he received it when in his 40s, because his mother was a dual citizen. By then he had already been a political activist in his native Egypt for a considerable time, and whatever your views on his political activism in Egypt, he does seem to have demonstrated umh,  considerably more commitment to that country than to the United Kingdom.

 

I can't help contrast the generosity in granting him Citizenship with the refusal to grant it to my daughter, bilingual, western name and British father, simply because she was born a few months before the law was changed to allow her automatic citizenship. It is kind of Sir Keir Starmer to be so welcoming to this chap, I do rather wish though that he or rather his officials could be arsed to reply to my correspondence and appeals on the matter of Lucy! Remarkably even my MP ( I remain on the electoral register) won't respond - and she is a German who became a naturalised British citizen through marriage!

 

I suppose I could always dress her in a burqua and ship her over in a dinghy...

1 hour ago, JAG said:

It is kind of Sir Keir Starmer to be so welcoming to this chap

The Tories approved his citizenship and started the push to get him returned to the UK.

On 12/30/2025 at 10:51 AM, JAG said:

I suppose I could always dress her in a burqua and ship her over in a dinghy...

why not accompany her the pair of you could enjoy some free hotel accommodation and maybe get a free phone upgrade too

Didn't Lucy Connolly also apologise?

Oh sorry she's a white conservative. My bad...

37 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Didn't Lucy Connolly also apologise?

Oh sorry she's a white conservative. My bad...

She pleaded guilty to a criminal offence. She hasn't exactly expressed much remorse since serving her sentence!

49 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

She pleaded guilty to a criminal offence.

Denied bail and pressured into it. Ricky Jones got bail of course. But he's not a white conservative.

49 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

She hasn't exactly expressed much remorse since serving her sentence!

Nor should she. She will be a massive thorn in 2 tier Keirs side until he scurries off to Davos with his tail between his legs

Lucy Connolly has far bigger balls than that Britain hating Commie.

I thought you'd salute such a strong woman C? Or is your feminism performative?

11 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

She pleaded guilty to a criminal offence. She hasn't exactly expressed much remorse since serving her sentence!

1) I beg to differ - I distinctly remember, (although I cannot satisfy the inevitable relentless clamour for "links") seeing her admitting that what she did was wrong and unwise. That said she was not dressed in sackcloth and ashes and tearing at her hair!

2) Since she served her (in my view unduly severe) sentence - perhaps one influenced by Prime Ministerial demands for swift justice and making examples (?) as well as a perceived need to rapidly establish some control over,"get a grip on" social media being used to voice protest; then is expressing remorse a prerequisite for that release?

On 12/30/2025 at 9:12 AM, SunnyinBangrak said:

This Egyptian made hundreds of vile hate tweets, so he will get decades? 

Nope, more likely he'll get a knighthood, I think.

On 12/30/2025 at 6:50 AM, webfact said:

The issue is further complicated by legal precedents that set a high bar for citizenship removal, requiring proof of fraudulent acquisition or a national security threat.

The bar wasn't too high in the case of the East End schoolgirl who voluntarily fled to ISIS. What's so different in Abd El Fattah's case?