UK prime minister slammed for welcoming home freed Egyptian prisoner after social media posts resurface

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing disapproval aft helium welcomed location a precocious released Egyptian captive who allegedly posted convulsive and antisemitic connection connected his societal media successful the past.

Successive British governments person pushed for the merchandise of Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a dual British-Egyptian nationalist who had been down bars successful Egypt for astir of the past 14 years.

He was released from situation successful September pursuing a pardon by the Egyptian president but remained successful the state nether a question prohibition that was lone precocious lifted, allowing him to instrumentality to the U.K. connected Friday.

Starmer celebrated Abd el-Fattah's instrumentality by saying helium was "delighted" that the activistic had been reunited with his household successful Britain.

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Pro-democracy activistic Alaa Abd el-Fattah aft helium received a statesmanlike pardon. (AP)

Meanwhile, a elder subordinate of the absorption Conservative Party criticized Starmer for giving a "personal, nationalist endorsement" to Abd el-Fattah.

Robert Jenrick, the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor, wanted to cognize whether Starmer was alert of past societal media posts successful which Abd el-Fattah allegedly endorsed sidesplitting Zionists and police. Jenrick besides demanded that Starmer condemn Abd el-Fattah’s remarks and retreat his "unalloyed endorsement" of the activist.

"Nobody should beryllium imprisoned arbitrarily nor for peaceful dissent," Jenrick wrote. "But neither should the premier curate spot the authorization of his bureau down idiosyncratic whose ain words transverse into the connection of racism and bloodshed."

Jenrick, Conservative person Kemi Badenoch and Reform UK person Nigel Farage person called for Abd el-Fattah’s British citizenship to beryllium revoked and for him to beryllium deported.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer celebrated Alaa Abd el-Fattah's instrumentality by saying helium was "delighted" that the activistic had been reunited with his household successful Britain. ((Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images))

The U.K. authorities aboriginal clarified that the premier curate did not cognize astir the "abhorrent" societal media posts erstwhile helium issued the welcoming statement.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said successful a connection that it had been "a long-standing priority" of governments nether some large parties to propulsion for Abd el-Fattah’s release, but it said that does not connote an endorsement of his societal media posts.

"The authorities condemns Mr. El-Fattah’s historical tweets and considers them to beryllium abhorrent," the connection said.

Abd el-Fattah issued an "unequivocal apology" connected Sunday, describing his past comments arsenic the "expressions of a young man’s anger" during determination crises and constabulary brutality successful Egypt.

The U.K. authorities said it considers Alaa Abd el-Fattah's societal media posts to beryllium "abhorrent." (Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)

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Abd el-Fattah’s household successful the U.K. had argued that helium spent astir of the past 14 years down bars due to the fact that of his absorption to Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's government.

His mother, Laila Soueif, 69, was connected a 10-month hunger onslaught to unit British authorities to bash much to unafraid her son’s freedom.

Shortly aft Abd el-Fattah arrived astatine London’s Heathrow Airport, critics began circulating his past societal media posts. Abd el-Fattah has antecedently said the comments were taken retired of discourse and were portion of a "private conversation" that happened during an Israeli violative successful the Gaza Strip, according to The Times of London.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.