Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Alaa Abd El-Fattah" in English language version.
Lord Simon McDonald: [Alaa Abd El-Fattah] is also an Egyptian citizen in Egypt. International law means that when you are in a country whose citizenship you carry, you are subject completely to the laws of that country. So the Egyptians are within their rights to say buzz off. Whilst he is in Egypt, his Egyptian citizenship trumps his UK citizenship. The British government has not accepted that, the British government is still active on his behalf and ministers raise this case multiply. We've heard that in recent days, but because of international law, because he holds Egyptian citizenship, there is a limit to what the British government can do.
