In a letter to US President Joe Biden, 55 US and British parliamentarians called on the issue of “widespread repression” in Egypt to be discussed with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi today, Saturday.

They told Biden, “Use the means at your disposal, along with your Egyptian partners, to immediately address the issue of illegal travel bans, asset freezes and pre-trial detention,” stressing that all of these methods are “a key element of a wide-ranging crackdown.” on civil society in the Middle East, in Egypt, and allows the authorities to silence critics.”

Biden is attending the Gulf Leaders’ Summit in Saudi Arabia today, which will be attended by Sisi, whose country is one of the largest regional allies of the United States of America. Egypt will also host COP 27, scheduled for next November.

Noting that two figures are currently at the center of interest, the prominent Egyptian-British politician and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, who went on a hunger strike over a hundred days ago and is one of the prominent figures in the “revolutionary” that toppled the late President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Apart from Karim Enara, the husband of British journalist Jess Kelly and a member of the Egyptian Initiative for Individual Rights, one of the most prominent human rights NGOs in Egypt.

Anara, like other members or former members of the Egyptian Initiative for Individual Rights, is prohibited from traveling or accessing his accounts, and their names are now blacklisted as “terrorists” and their return to prison is possible at any time. Under Egyptian law, individuals designated as terrorists are subject to penalties, including the inclusion on the list of obstructors, the confiscation of their passports and the freezing of their financial assets.