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International Business Times
International Business Times
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UNBELIEVABLE: Uk considers envoy for britons held abroad - Caught on Camera

Abdel Fattah was arrested in 2019 for sharing a Facebook post about police brutality  (Credit: AFP)

Britain is preparing to emulate the United States by appointing an envoy tasked with freeing citizens arbitrarily detained abroad, as it faces calls to do more to bring them home.

High-profile cases like jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and imprisoned Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai have spotlighted the plight of Britons held in jails overseas.

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