‘Medical intervention’ after British-Egyptian activist escalates hunger strike

Activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah is on a hunger strike (Kin Cheung/AP)

Egyptian prison authorities have intervened medically after jailed British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah escalated his hunger strike, his mother said.

The nature of the intervention was not known but the family has expressed fears prison officials would force-feed Mr Abdel-Fattah, which they said would amount to torture.