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Leading Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who has been imprisoned for more than three and a half years has obtained a British passport, his family announced on Monday. The move is likely meant to pressure Egyptian authorities to release him. Abdel-Fattah, an outspoken dissident, rose to prominence with the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Middle East and in Egypt toppled long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak. The 40-year old activist spent most of the past decade behind bars and his detention has become a symbol of Egypt’s return to autocratic rule. He was first sentence…