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Fears for Irish teenager Ibrahim Halawa, behind bars in Egypt
The plight of the Al-Jazeera three has focused the spotlight on the dark side of the Egyptian regime, including the case of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa.
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Egyptian authorities have set 12 February as the start of a retrial for two jailed Al Jazeera journalists, the lawyer for one of the journalists says.
Egypt’s court system finally recognises that the trial of three Al Jazeera journalists was flawed. The men are in a better place than they were yesterday.
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