The hearing of a hunger-striking Palestinian journalist whose weight has fallen below 30 kilograms must be moved forward in order to save his life, the defendant's lawyers said. The Israeli Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it would consider an appeal to release 33-year-old Mohammad al-Qeq, a Palestinian journalist engaged in a 58-day hunger strike, on February 25 - a date many have said is too far away. "He's in a very bad situation. He fell into his third coma in recent days, and his weight has dropped to 30 kilograms," Ashraf Abu Sneina, al-Qeq's attorney, told Al Jazeera on...
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