Amnesty International is campaigning for the unlawfully detained Ibrahim Halawa

I must respond to Edward Lynch’s outrageous letter regarding Ibrahim Halawa’s ongoing unlawful detention in an Egyptian prison (January 9).

Mr Lynch makes the scurrilous and frankly ridiculous allegation, based solely on an unnamed source, that Ibrahim was offered release and a flight home last summer but refused.

This is completely untrue. Anyone familiar with the terrible conditions in which Ibrahim is being detained would not repeat such gossip lightly.