The mother of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist imprisoned in Egypt, has said she is willing to die on hunger strike if it means securing her son’s release. Laila Soueif, speaking from her hospital bed at St Thomas’ Hospital in London, made a desperate appeal to the UK Prime Minister to intervene directly […]...
•Aisha Achimugu and EFCC Prominent business executive and socialite, Aisha Achimugu, has reportedly declared a hunger strike while in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, following her arrest by operatives of the anti-graft agency. In a statement issued today in Abuja, her legal team, led by Senior Advocate of Nigeria (...
•Hunger protest A human rights activist and the Chairman of the Civil Liberties Organisation, Anambra State, Vincent Ezekwueme, has embarked on a seven-day hunger strike as his means of protest. Ezekwueme said the hunger strike was his way of expressing dissatisfaction with the current socio-economic situation in the country, reports The PUNCH...
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