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| Luaty Beirao |
Popular Angolan rapper
Luaty Beirao ended his five-week hunger strike in prison for the sake of his
wife and their daughter, his lawyer Luiz Nascimento is quoted as saying by the
AFP news agency. According
to doctors who examined him, he was weak and lucid, having lost 15kg (33
pounds) since he started refusing food on 21 September, AFP reports.
BBC News report continues:
Mr
Beirao, pictured above, has been charged with seeking to overthrow Angola's
long-serving President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, which he denies.
An
engineer by training, he was arrested in June along with 14 others at a meeting
of youth activists.
The
rapper stopped eating after his custody was extended beyond the 90 days
permitted by law, and he was hospitalized on 15 October as his condition
deteriorated.
"Luaty
terminated [the strike] because his fellow detainees and his wife asked him to,
for her sake and for their daughter's," his lawyer said.
He and his co-accused are
expected to stand trial next month.
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