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‘It's my last hope before I kill myself’: Asylum seeker threatens to end his life in Malaysia

Name: ‘It's my last hope before I kill myself’: Asylum seeker threatens to end his life in Malaysia
Uploaded: 2022-10-17T19:19:53+0100
Description: Ibrahim Abouali, a 29-year-old Egyptian activist and political science graduate in Malaysia, applied for asylum at the UNHCR in 2020 after he was not able to renew his Egyptian passport due to political charges against him in Egypt. Last week, Ibrahim started publishing videos on social media, talking about how he “wants to put an end to his suffering” by killing himself.

Khaled Shalaby

Published date: 17 October 2022 19:24 BST | Last update: 2 years ago

Ibrahim Abouali, a 29-year-old Egyptian activist and political science graduate in Malaysia, applied for asylum at the UNHCR in 2020 after he was not able to renew his Egyptian passport due to political charges against him in Egypt.

Last week, Ibrahim started publishing videos on social media, talking about how he “wants to put an end to his suffering” by killing himself.

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