CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered authorities on Tuesday to study the possible pardon of high-profile Egyptian-British activist and blogger, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a statement by the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights said.

Abd el-Fattah, 43, is a leading symbol of resistance to authoritarian rule and has spent most of the past decade in prison. Earlier this month his mother, Laila Soueif, said in a social media post that on September 1 he had started his latest hunger strike in protest against his detention.

"President Sisi directs the relevant authorities to study the........

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