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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tom Watling

Laila Soueif’s survival despite nearly 250 day hunger strike is a ‘miracle’, says family

Laila Soueif, 69, has been on hunger strike since last September to protest the illegal imprisonment of her son - (Courtesy of Soueif family)

A British-Egyptian grandmother hospitalised after nearly 250 days on hunger strike to protest the illegal imprisonment of her son is surviving only by a “miracle”, her family have said.

Laila Soueif, 69, is currently at St Thomas’s Hospital suffering from extremely low blood sugar levels. Her doctors say she is at severe risk of “sudden death”.

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