Egyptian Researcher Laila Sueif, Mother of Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, Stops Hunger Strike

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Egyptian researcher Laila Soueif put an end to a hunger strike she had been on for ten months to demand the release of her son, Alaa Abdel-Fattah, an Egyptian-British activist imprisoned, announced her family on Monday 14 July.

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Dave Kissoondoyal decided to stop his hunger strike on Tuesday 15 July after 11 days of protest. He took this decision for health reasons and family reasons. The activist had started this strike to protest against the pension reform. He denounced in particular the plan to raise the age of eligibility to the pension from 60 to 65 years. The mobilization was held in Union-Park where he wanted to draw attention to this reform which, he said, affect…