The prosecution says it investigated claims made by Abdel-Fattah's family that the activist has been subjected to torture and that they were denied visitations with him.

The prosecution said that it met with Abdel-Fattah on Wednesday and that he denied being mistreated at the Wadi Al-Natroun Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre.

According to Abdel-Fattah’s family, his mother, University Professor Laila Soueif, tried to visit him for the past five days but every time she was told by prison officials that her son did not want to meet her, and that officials refused to give her details about his condition or tell her why he did not want to meet her.

On Thursday, Soueif submitted a petition to the head of the correctional centre asking to meet him and for an explanation as to why her son refuses to meet her.

According to the prosecution, a prosecutor from the Human Rights Department at the General Prosecution visited the correctional facility on 27 July and found that Abdel-Fattah received eight visits from his family, and that they brought to him food in some of those visits.

Abdel-Fattah's mother last visited him on 16 July, the prosecution said, adding that his periodical medical check revealed no medical problems or disease. The prosecution added that he has been receiving meals regularly.

Abdel-Fattah's family has asserted that he has been on hunger strike for more than 100 days.

The prosecutor also checked his cell and found that it was not overcrowded, as it held only three other inmates. The cell also enjoys ventilation, good lighting, and basic accommodation, and Abdel-Fattah has a large number of books and magazines in different languages, the prosecution said.

Abdel-Fattah was transferred to Wadi Al-Natroun Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre in mid-May as per a request by the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) given the newly-established centre’s “advanced medical capabilities.”

The NCHR said earlier in May that it received a petition signed by 500 Egyptian women urging the activist’s admission to the prison’s hospital in order to be placed under medical observation after being on hunger strike for more than 40 days at the time.

The prosecution said that its prosecutor with met with Abdel-Fattah, who said that he was being treated well by personnel at the centre. He also had no complaints about his cell.

However, after answering some questions, Abdel-Fattah refused to respond to more questions and demanded a consular visit from the British embassy without presenting evidence that he holds British citizenship, the prosecution's statement said.

According to his family, Abdel-Fattah and his younger sisters received British citizenship earlier this year, as their mother was born in London in 1956. The family has said that they applied for citizenship in late 2019.

Abdel-Fattah’s family announced on Thursday that his mother would meet with the British ambassador in Cairo to discuss her son’s case. Abdel-Fattah's family has been demanding that British diplomats be allowed to visit him in prison.

The activist, who has spent most of his time in prison since 2013, has been in prison since 2019 and is now serving a five-year sentence for joining a terrorist group and spreading false news inside and outside the country.

During the prosecutor’s visit on Wednesday, Abdel-Fattah requested a wristwatch, radio, newspaper subscription, TV and increasing the exercise period available to him.

The prosecutor also examined Abdel-Fattah's body and it showed no signs of injury or torture.

The prosecution also dismissed allegations made by Abdel-Fattah’s sister that her complaints to the prosecution were deliberately disregarded.