Egyptian dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah, long dubbed "an icon" of the 2011 revolution, has been in and out of jail for two decades, battling for the same freedoms under four regimes.
Family members have grown increasingly concerned at Egypt's refusal to allow consular access to the British-Egyptian campaigner, who has been on hunger strike since 2 April
Analysis: Struggling with an economic crisis, Egypt has once again appealed to the IMF for assistance. But new conditions may challenge the privileges that Egypt's military sector enjoys to the detriment of its private counterpart.