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DETAINED Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq has gone 92 days without food in an Israeli prison and could die at any moment, a lawyer warned yesterday.
Palestinian prisoner affairs committee lawyer Hiba Masalha said that Mr Qiq could no longer breathe easily and was in severe pain.
His body has “collapsed,” Ms Masalha said, his heart rate abnormally slow and his vision and speech severely impaired.
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