Ayman Nour observes hunger strike

Chairman of the Egyptian opposition al-Ghad party Ayman Nour started hunger strike in prison.

Nour's wife, Jamilah Ismael said that he husband did not take food since last Tuesday and notified a driver who visited him that he refuses food.

She quoted the driver seeing 7 policemen trying to convince Nour to eat "but he notified the driver he only wants the papers and cigarettes and the machine to test blood sugar level ( he is diabetic)." She added "the driver indicated that Nour was in a bad mood and bad health condition and that he was saying: where are you all."