A Belgian man jailed in Dubai for writing cheques which bounced is in a critical condition as a result of a weeks-long hunger strike, according to a member of his family.
Olivier Loeb, a 51-year-old businessman, is one of at least 17 foreigners currently refusing food in protest at their imprisonment and to draw attention to the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) bounced-cheque laws.
The other hunger strikers, who are made up of British, Irish, Lebanese, Bahraini, and Saudi nationals, are serving sentences up to 46 years.
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