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Midwife launches fast in solidarity with the people of Gaza
Sharyn Luck

A MIDWIFE has begun a five-day fast in front at Holyrood as she campaigns for Palestinian human rights, an end to weapons sales to Israel and peace in the Middle East.

Sharyn Luck, who has previosuly worked in the West Bank, Lebanon and Gaza — where she was a volunteer human rights observer in hospitals and Red Cresecent ambulances — will hold a vigil each day outside the Scottish Parliament until Thursday.

Inspired by children she met on a recent school visit, Ms Luck told the Star: “I was talking to a primary school class about this recently and they know that our human rights are inalienable.

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