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UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Tuesday said she was seeking a meeting with her Egyptian counterpart to secure the release of a jailed activist who has been on hunger strike since April. Alaa Abdel-Fattah \- a key figure in the 2011 revolt that helped topple Egypt’s long-serving President Hosni Mubarak – has reportedly gone 81 days without food. He was given British citizenship in April through his British-born mother and his family has been pushing ever since for a consular visit. ‘For him, the end is either by his release or death – he just can’t go through any more.’ The sister of activis…