Laila Soueif says she intends to resume protest next week unless progress made on release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah

The mother of the jailed British-Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has said she will go on hunger strike again at the end of next week if no substantive progress is made to release her son.

Laila Soueif, 68, said: “I know the step will mean I have a week or fortnight left to live.”