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Mother of jailed British-Egyptian activist resumes full hunger strike
Laila Soueif announces life-endangering action in protest over continued detention of Alaa Abd el-Fattah in Cairo The mother of the imprisoned British-Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has announced she has resumed a near-total hunger strike, stopping taking the 300-calorie supplements she had been consuming on her partial hunger strike for the past three…
Fears for health of Alaa Abd el-Fattah and mother as hunger strikes take toll
Activist jailed in Egypt receives medical treatment and family worry his mother Laila Soueif is ‘dying in slow motion’ The family of the imprisoned British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah say they fear for his health along with that of his mother, Laila Soueif, as both continued their hunger strikes to demand his freedom. Relatives of…
Trump is jailing immigrant families again. A mother, father and teen tell of ‘anguish on a daily basis’
Family incarceration has been revived after Biden – and Jade, Jason and Gabriela are speaking out about their distressing treatment in Texas When Jade and her family first arrived at the detention facility in Karnes county, Texas, she wasn’t really sure what to think. “I guess I was confused and scared,” said the 13-year-old. Her…
Actress Sophie Nyweide’s Mother Speaks Out After Her Death
Sophie Nyweide’s mother Shelly Gibson spoke out about the former child star’s tragic death at age 21, just over a week after her daughter’s body was found on a riverbank in Vermont. Shelly Gibson is mourning the death of her daughter. Hours after news broke that former actress Sophie Nyweide died April 14 at 24,…
Mother of teenage bride in South Sudan comes out of hiding to be with pregnant daughter
Athiak Dau Riak was traditionally married for a record bride price last year, despite her mother’s insistence that she was only 14, which led to threats of reprisals The mother of an alleged child bride has left a safe house in South Sudan to travel to be with her daughter after discovering the teenager is…
Mother of Egypt detainee ready to end hunger strike if UK makes progress
Laila Soueif was hospitalised with low blood sugar this week as she tries to secure release of son Alaa Abd el-Fattah A mother declared at risk of sudden death due to her 150-day hunger strike to free her jailed son has been persuaded to end her fast if UK ministers show any sign of progress…
Mother of Missing U.S. Journalist Asks Syria’s New Leaders for Help
Syria’s Civil War Syria’s Civil War Syria’s Civil War Debra Tice, whose son Austin was abducted near Damascus in 2012, said the rebel group that toppled the Assad regime promised support in helping to find him. By Erika Solomon The mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist abducted in Syria, said on Monday that she…
World’s ugliest lawn winner says she leaves watering to Mother Nature
New Zealand garden takes first prize in global competition designed to promote water conservation A sun-scorched patch of lawn near Christchurch, in New Zealand, has been crowned the ugliest lawn in the world. Now in its second year, the World’s Ugliest Lawn competition rewards lawn owners for not watering their parched yellow grass and patchy…
Mother pays tribute to son killed on London bus
A 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death on a bus in south-east London loved music and cared about the people around him, his mother said in a tearful tribute. Kelyan Bokassa was also kind and good at football, his mother Mary Bokassa told the BBC. He died shortly after being attacked on a 472…
An aspiring nurse, a football star, a single mother and a father of 2 killed in New Orleans attack
By The Associated Press An 18-year-old woman dreaming of becoming a nurse, a single mother, a father of two and a former Princeton football star were killed when the driver of a white pickup truck sped down Bourbon Street, packed with holiday revelers. Officials have not yet released the names of the 14 people killed…