US EditionTunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi starts a three-day hunger strike in prison
- Rached Ghannouchi, a jailed Tunisian opposition leader, is showing support for imprisoned opposition figures by undertaking a three-day hunger strike. Ghannouchi was sentenced to a year in jail on charges of incitement and plotting against state security.
- Ghannouchi's Ennahda party leader has confirmed the three-day action, stating that it aims to protest against unjust imprisonment of fellow opposition figures who argue politically motivated imprisonment.
- Before the 2011 revolution, Ghannouchi was a political prisoner and exile. He served as parliament speaker and led the biggest party in the legislature until President Kais Saied disbanded it with tanks in 2021.
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Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi starts a three-day hunger strike in prison
TUNIS (Reuters) -Jailed Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, has begun a three-day hunger strike in support of other imprisoned opposition figures,
Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi to begin hunger strike
Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, will begin a hunger strike in prison, according to a statement from his Islamist Ennahda party released on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi to begin hunger strike
TUNIS: Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, will begin a hunger strike in prison, according to a statement from his Islamist Ennahda party released on Friday. Ghannouchi, 82, has been in prison since April. His lawyer said the charges stem from a funeral eulogy he gave last year for a member of his Ennahda party when he said the deceased “did not fear a ruler or tyrant, he only feared God.”
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