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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tom Watling

‘We don’t want her to die’: Family of grandmother on 150 day hunger strike accuse government of ‘gambling’ with her life

The family of a grandmother hospitalised after 150 days on a hunger strike have accused the Foreign Office of “gambling” with her life.

Laila Soueif, 68, has been refusing to eat in protest against the detention of her son Alaa Abdel Fattah in Egypt. She has lost almost 30kg, roughly 35 per cent of her starting body weight.

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