Laila Soueif, the mother of jailed British Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, was hospitalized Friday after 242 days on hunger strike, with doctors warning she’s at risk of “sudden death” if her blood sugar drops any further. The 69-year-old has lost over 40% of her body weight since starting her strike to protest her son’s continued detention in Egypt and the failure of the British government to secure his release despite pledging its commitment to free him. Last week, a U.N. working group concluded Egypt’s imprisonment of El-Fattah is arbitrary and illegal under international law and that he should be immediately released. He’s spent most of the past decade behind bars over his human rights advocacy.