Dublin teenager ends hunger strike in Egypt

A Dublin teenager who has spent over a year imprisoned without charge in Egypt has ended the hunger strike he began in his Cairo jail cell two weeks ago.

Dublin teenager ends hunger strike in Egypt

A Dublin teenager who has spent over a year imprisoned without charge in Egypt has ended the hunger strike he began in his Cairo jail cell two weeks ago.

Eighteen-year-old Ibrahim Halawa ended his strike following an emotional plea from his father, Sheikh Hussein Halawa, Ireland's most senior Muslim cleric and Imam of the Islamic Cultural Centre in Clonskeagh.

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