Human rights campaigners and a group of British MPs have condemned the prospect of a visit to London by the Egyptian president
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi poses during a meeting with French Prime Minister Manuel Valls at the presidential palace in October (AFP)
Simona Sikimic-Wednesday 21 October 2015
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will visit Britain at the start of November, Middle East Eye can reveal.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed on Tuesday evening that Sisi will come to the UK for a visit after receiving an official invitation from the British government. Once here, he is expected to meet with Prime Minister David Cameron.
Soltan was imprisoned in 2013 and later staged an almost 500-day hunger strike against his treatment in an Egyptian jail before being released this summer following US diplomatic pressure.
Earlier this year, when reports of the visit first emerged, Amnesty International called the invitation “appalling”.
