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Exclusive: Emily Watson urges Keir Starmer to ‘save’ mother of jailed activist on 245-day hunger strikeEmily Watson

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00:00We need to save Leila's life and we need to bring it our home.
00:03Please, please, please do what you can and do it now.
00:06I'm Emily Watson and this is a message for the Prime Minister.
00:10I sat here in this garden three years ago and made an appeal on behalf of the Free Allah campaign.
00:18And in that time, my kids have passed amazing milestones.
00:22They've grown up and they're doing amazing things, as I'm sure have yours.
00:26All that time he's been languishing in an Egyptian prison simply for being brave and speaking the truth.
00:35And now his mum, his beautiful darling mum, is preparing to sacrifice her own life to bring her son home, to save his life.
00:46She's been on hunger strike for seven months and she's in danger of dying.
00:49He himself now is on hunger strike in an attempt just to resist this injustice in some way.
00:57And I know that you have, in the past, been on the phone on his behalf.
01:03But please, now is time to make good on your promise to do everything you can to bring him home.
01:09And, well really, before it's too late, we need to save Leila's life and we need to bring it our home.
01:16Please, please, please do what you can and do it now.
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