Freed activist 'doing much better' than expected
Until his release last month, Alaa Abdel Fattah was among the world’s best-known political prisoners.
Alaa – an Egyptian and British citizen through his mother Laila – has spent most of the past decade in Egypt behind bars, after rising to prominence during an uprising in his country in 2011.
Speaking to Today's Anna Foster exclusively, the 43-year-old activist said he is "learning how to get back into life".
"I’m still committed to a fight and struggle for a better world.
“But what this means and what shape it’s going to take, I don’t know.â€
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