The release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the detained British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist who is on hunger strike, has become the defining issue for British-Egyptian relations, the former British ambassador to Egypt John Casson has warned.His comments came as Abd el-Fattah's aunt, the novelist Ahdaf Soueif, said there was a danger the British are allowing themselves to be fobbed off with the excuses they have been given since last December when we started asking for consular visits.
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