In news from Egypt, the imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah is approaching his 11th week on hunger strike to protest his imprisonment. Earlier this week, one of Alaa’s sisters, Sanaa Seif, described her brother’s dire situation.

Sanaa Seif: “My brother is slowly dying in his prison cell, but he wants to live. He misses life. He misses his job. He misses his son and us. On Sunday, my sister visited him in prison — Mona. When she saw him, she was shocked. She hasn’t been able to eat since. The effect was such that she decided to start a hunger strike herself in solidarity. She told me, 'I have to use my body as a portal to show people what's happening to Alaa.’”