Lawyer Ollaik rushed to ER, Judge Aoun orders his release

Detained lawyer and activist was rushed Tuesday to the emergency room of al-Hayat Hospital after his health deteriorated due to a hunger strike, the Mottahidoun alliance of anti-corruption lawyers and activists said.

“After he entered the sixth day of hunger, water and medicine strike, the lawyer Ollaik was transferred to the al-Hayat Hospital after his health condition deteriorated and he started suffering severe low blood pressure,” the alliance said.

Detained bank depositors Ali al-Saheli and Catherine al-Ali are meanwhile continuing their hunger strike for the fourth and second day, respectively, the alliance added.

The National News Agency later reported that Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun had ordered the release of Ollaik and the depositor Ibrahim Baydoun while referring Saheli and al-Ali to Mount Lebanon First Examining Magistrate Nicolas Mansour.

Ollaik, Saheli, al-Ali and Baydoun had been arrested for storming Credit Libanais bank in Hazmieh after which Saheli, armed with a gun, and wheelchair-bound Baydoun demanded that they be given their trapped savings.