Ibrahim Halawa 'scared of freedom' after four years in Egyptian jail

Jailed Irishman Ibrahim Halawa has warned he has been behind bars for so long that he is scared of freedom.

Ibrahim Halawa 'scared of freedom' after four years in Egyptian jail
Thu, 17 Aug, 2017 - 18:17

Jailed Irishman Ibrahim Halawa has warned he has been behind bars for so long that he is scared of freedom.

The 21-year-old - incarcerated in an Egyptian prison for four years over Muslim Brotherhood protests in Cairo in 2013 - is said by his sisters to have become withdrawn and is losing sense of things.

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