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October 31, 2014

Egypt: Mother, Daughter of Imprisoned Activists on Hunger Strike 
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In Egypt, the mother and daughter of a prominent pro-democracy activist
are on hunger strike to demand his release and the release of his
imprisoned sister. Laila Soueif and Mona Seif have been on a partial
hunger strike since September. They stopped eating and drinking water on
Monday when Alaa Abd El-Fattah was detained yet again for breaking an
anti-protest law. El-Fattah has been imprisoned multiple times since
Egypt's 2011 revolution, missing the birth of his child and, more
recently, the death of his father. His sister Sanaa has been sentenced
to three years in prison and has been on hunger strike for more than 60
days.

 

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