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Durban doctor in Wales leads Gaza protests in UK

‘EMERGENCY’

Malnutrition, starvation, disease rife

A Durban-born doctor in Wales has been at the forefront of pro-Palestinian marches in the UK, saying that given South Africa’s history of oppression he couldn’t just watch as his colleagues were killed for wanting to save lives.

On Tuesday Dr Kumaran Devindran Pillay and other doctors and civilians in his network, stretching from Cardiff in Wales all the

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