Imprisoned Egyptian-British activist’s mother marks 100 days of hunger strike, says family
Tuesday marks 100 days since 68-year-old Laila Soueif started a hunger strike in a plea to the UK government to free her son ...
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Alaa Abd-el Fattah's mother marks 100th day of hunger strike
Laila Soueif says the UK government is waiting for her 'to be hospitalised' before acting to secure son's release ...
Mother marks 100 days of hunger strike in bid to free jailed son
British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his ...
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RSF calls for Egypt to immediately free Alaa Abdel Fattah, as his mother hits 100 days of hunger strike
One hundred days after jailed British-Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah should have been freed – and as his mother continues ...
Mother Of Jailed UK-Egyptian Activist Reaches 100th Day Of Hunger Strike
The mother of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah vowed on Tuesday, 100 days into her hunger strike, to continue until he is released even if her health fails her.
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Fasting for Her Son’s Freedom, Mother of Jailed British Egyptian Activist Demands U.K. Pressure Egypt
Laila Soueif is on the 75th day of a hunger strike calling for the U.K. government to push for the release of her son, jailed Egyptian British author and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah.
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‘I’ll starve myself until I collapse to secure my son’s release from Egyptian prison,’ vows grandmother
In the Christmas cold outside the Foreign Office, 68-year-old grandmother Laila Soueif is starving herself. White lines are being chalked onto the pavement in front of her, one for each day she ...
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Hunger strike mother steps up action in bid to free son jailed in Egypt
His mother, Laila Soueif, 68, has been on hunger strike for 74 days and her protest now includes sitting outside the Foreign Office, in London, for an hour on each working day of the week.
‘I’ll starve myself until I collapse to secure my son’s release from Egyptian prison’, vows grandmother
Exclusive: Pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has been in prison in Egypt for more than 10 years on charges the United ...