Ibrahim Halawa spends another Christmas in a foreign jail

Human rights campaigners are highlighting the fact that Dubliner Ibrahim Halawa is spending another Christmas in a foreign jail.

The 20-year-old from Firhouse has been held in an Egyptian prison for over two-and-a-half years without trial.

Ibrahim was arrested in August 2013 during anti-Government protests in Cairo.

Egyptian law means he's part of a mass trial which can't proceed until all 494 defendants are present in court - something which has not happened yet.

Ibrahim's sister Somaia Halawa has said Irish people need to be empathetic to his plight: