Sir Keir Starmer Poses a Threat to the Human Rights of the British People

A fanfare of approbation greeted Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s arrival in the UK on Saturday. ‘I’m delighted that Alaa Abd El-Fattah is back…and has been reunited with his loved ones, who must be feeling profound relief,’ Sir Keir gushed on X, before adding: ‘Alaa’s case has been a top priority for my government since we came to office.’ Yvette Cooper, the Foreign Secretary, also celebrated his arrival, along with the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Justice, David Lammy. Without exception, they emphasised that el-Fattah’s entry into Britain was of great importance, even a top priority, for the Labour government.

In 2019 Alaa Abd el-Fattah was jailed in Egypt for ‘spreading fake news’. Whilst in prison, in an effort to raise the profile of his case and apply diplomatic pressure to the Egyptian government, he applied for and was granted British citizenship through his mother. After his release earlier this year, he was issued with a travel ban by the Egyptian authorities, who refused to recognise his recently acquired dual-nationality. The travel ban was subsequently lifted after pressure from both Labour ministers and civil servants, notably Jonathan Powell, Sir Keir Starmer’s National Security Advisor.

BBC journalists and celebrities like Emma Thompson view el-Fattah as a human rights activist to be lauded and fawned over, as do, I presume, government ministers and state apparatchiks. Why else would they work so hard to welcome a man with such a flimsy link to Britain?

But he’s not a human rights activist. He’s an anti-British and anti-Semitic bigot. He’s called for Zionists to be killed, ‘including civilians’, urged Londoners to set fire to Downing Street, told supporters to kill police officers and explicitly declared his hatred for white people. He also referred to the British as ‘dogs and monkeys’.

Sir Keir of course pleads ignorance. But this seems unlikely. And even if he was ignorant of the repulsive views of a man who clearly despises Britain, that’s no defence. At best it shows a blasé indifference to national loyalty and security. As does the disgraceful decision to grant him citizenship in the first place – a decision made by the spineless Tories back in 2021. His mother was born here because his grandmother happened to be studying in England at the time. Does citizenship mean so little? Should a foreign-born individual with a tenuous connection to Britain be granted such a status, with all the legal rights and obligations that go with it?

Starmer’s commitment to universal human rights – which necessarily implies open borders – is now a threat to national security and, paradoxically, the human rights of the British people. By welcoming el-Fattah, a virulent, poisonous anti-Semite, Starmer has violated the right of our Jewish community to feel secure in their own land. His refusal to police the pro-Palestinian, anti-Semitic hate marchers since October 2023 has also trampled on the security of British Jews and infringed upon their liberty – central London has become a no-go zone.

Moreover, and most tellingly, the illegal migrants that Starmer refuses to deter — instead showering them with food, shelter and other goodies — continue to threaten the security of the British people. Rhiannon Whyte was savagely murdered by a Sudanese psychopath who arrived by small boat in July 2024; her right to life snuffed out by Starmer’s commitment to the human rights of criminals who have broken into our country. According to The Daily Telegraph, back in August 2025 over 200 people living in asylum seeker hotels were charged with offences ‘this year’. That included 109 violent offences and 44 sexual. Women have been terrorised and girls have been raped. But don’t worry: Sir Keir’s committed to universal human rights. The trouble is, these ‘universal’ human rights don’t appear to be ‘universal’ at all. They don’t include the human rights of the British people.

Such a pipe dream is axiomatic of the Left. They are completely divorced from reality, making policy based on the musings of John and Yoko. And because the real life consequences of such quixotic dogma are so dire, like all far-Left ideologues before him, Starmer needs to censor the truth and shut the naysayers up. But how? He locks people up for speech and takes away their only recourse to fair justice — trial by jury.

The case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah is a timely reminder. Starmer is inflicting untold damage upon our country and our people. He ‘prioritises’ those who hate us and, in doing so, threatens our national security and the human rights of our people. How ironic. The human rights lawyer, all in the name of universal human rights, is violating the human rights of the British people. By welcoming el-Fattah and refusing to deter illegal migrants from the third world, he is placing us all in danger and, in particular, our hard-working, loyal Jewish community. And if anyone complains, they’ll be locked up — without recourse to a fair trial.

Joe Baron is a teacher and a writer, published in The Spectator, The Sun, the TES, Breitbart, Conservative Home, The Conservative Woman and The Daily Telegraph. His Substack can be found here.

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