Delegation will ask Egypt's president to free hunger striker Ibrahim Halawa

A cross-party delegation of Irish politicians is to personally ask Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to free jailed Irishman Ibrahim Halawa.

Delegation will ask Egypt's president to free hunger striker Ibrahim Halawa
Tue, 10 Jan, 2017 - 19:25

A cross-party delegation of Irish politicians is to personally ask Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to free jailed Irishman Ibrahim Halawa.

The delegation spent an hour and a half with the 21-year-old in Wadi al Natrum prison in Cairo where he remains on hunger strike.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: Wadi al Natrum prisonPlace: CairoPlace: FirhousePlace: DublinPlace: Ramses squarePerson: Ibrahim HalawaPerson: Abdel Fattah el-SisiPerson: presidentPerson: HalawaPerson: Sheikh Hussein HalawaPerson: Mohamed MorsiPerson: Eoin O'BroinPerson: O'BroinPerson: Ó FearghaílPerson: President el-SisiPerson: HalawasEvent: Day of RageOrganisation: EgyptOrganisation: Muslim BrotherhoodOrganisation: Sinn FéinOrganisation: Ceann Comhairle Seán
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