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Semin Barekzai in critical condition as she fasts in protest against her disqualification over vote rigging claims.
An unseated Afghan MP is in critical condition after entering the eighth day of a hunger-strike to protest against her expulsion from parliament.
Semin Barakzai, a 30-year-old mother of three and one of nine MPs expelled from the national assembly over vote rigging claims, has refused to eat until she is reinstated to the parliamentary seat she claims to have won fairly in 2010 polls.
"The law has been violated. Justice has been undermined and I won't end this (hunger strike) until justice is done and the law restored," Barakzai told the AFP news agency on Sunday, lying in a protest tent outside parliament and barely able to speak.
A doctor assigned to monitor her said she was entering a critical condition after eight days without food.
"She's not doing well. She already had stomach problems and I'm afraid this is dangerous for her," Mohammad Fardin said. Read Full
An unseated Afghan MP is in critical condition after entering the eighth day of a hunger-strike to protest against her expulsion from parliament.
Semin Barakzai, a 30-year-old mother of three and one of nine MPs expelled from the national assembly over vote rigging claims, has refused to eat until she is reinstated to the parliamentary seat she claims to have won fairly in 2010 polls.
"The law has been violated. Justice has been undermined and I won't end this (hunger strike) until justice is done and the law restored," Barakzai told the AFP news agency on Sunday, lying in a protest tent outside parliament and barely able to speak.
A doctor assigned to monitor her said she was entering a critical condition after eight days without food.
"She's not doing well. She already had stomach problems and I'm afraid this is dangerous for her," Mohammad Fardin said. Read Full
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