[Niamh.]

Poor guy, I hope this works. basically he was arrested in Cairo when he was 17/18 for being part of a protest and he's been there since, he's not even had a trial yet, his trial dates have been cancelled something like 17 times

Ibrahim Halawa described as "strong and very brave" as TDs meet him in Cairo jail

IBRAHIM HALAWA HAS told a delegation of Irish politicians who visited him today in a Cairo prison that he wants to return home to Dublin.
Halawa has been jailed without trial in Egypt for almost three-and-a-half years after 17 different court dates arrived before being postponed.
An Oireachtas delegation travelled to Egypt yesterday as part of efforts to secure his release and today they met the 21-year-old at a high security prison about 90 mins drive outside of the capital Cairo.
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan TD was among those who met Halawa today and said that he seemed strong and “very forthright” in his desire to return home.
“First of all, it was very stressful situation,” Ryan told TheJournal.ie.

http://www.thejournal.ie/ibrahim-hal...80216-Jan2017/