Egypt journalists hunger strike over protest law

CAIRO - A number of Egyptian journalists on Saturday joined dozens of political activists in a hunger strike against a restrictive protest law imposed last year, the head of the country's journalists union said.

The ongoing hunger strike has been gaining momentum as scores of political detainees, activists and rights advocates join in, all protesting the contested law and demanding the release of those imprisoned under it.

The list includes key icons of the 2011 revolt that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.