Egypt: Tunisian Prisoner’s Health Deteriorating

Egypt: Tunisian Prisoner's Health Deteriorating

Posted 26 March 2007 19:29 GMT

Countries	Tunisia, Egypt
Topics	Human Rights

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“The health of the Tunisian prisoner of conscience Reda Boukadi is reportedly deteriorating again due to the diseases that hit him in Tunisian prisons; he should be released or moved immediately to hospital to be hospitalized before it is too late. the doctor who hurriedly examined him in Charles Nicolle hospital days ago said that he must be immediately given adequate care because his health is bad,” according to the Cairo-based Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan) website.

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