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| Tunisia: Opposition leader Ghannouchi begins hunger strike in prison | |
| 2024-02-21 | |
| [AFRICANEWS] Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi went on hunger strike on Monday in solidarity with other anti-government figures waging a protest fast. Let em fast. When they get hungry enough, enforce the fasting The imprisoned Ghannouchi, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied and head of the Ennahda main opposition party
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! last year on charges of incitement against police and plotting against state security. The 82 year old was also sentenced earlier this month to three years in prison in a separate case on charges of accepting external financing. His lawyers said in a statement that was quoted in the press as "while he is fighting the 'empty stomach' battle, Ghannouchi calls on Tunisians to adhere to a democratic Tunisia that includes everyone on the basis of freedom ... and the independence of the judiciary". At least six opposition leaders arrested in a 2023 crackdown began an open-ended hunger strike last week to protest at their imprisonment without trial and demand their immediate release from prison. Related: Rached Ghannouchi: 2023-10-05 Tunisia: Opposition leader Abir Moussi arrested Rached Ghannouchi: 2023-07-26 Protests in Tunisia mark two years since presidential power grab Rached Ghannouchi: 2023-05-17 Tunisia’s moderate Islamist leader gets year in jail after trial decried as sham Related: Ennahda: 2023-07-26 Protests in Tunisia mark two years since presidential power grab Ennahda: 2023-05-23 Khorasani, a Taliban Commander, Arrests Two Nephews of Former National Security Chief of Panjshir Ennahda: 2023-05-17 Tunisia’s moderate Islamist leader gets year in jail after trial decried as sham | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Ghannouchi has been directly involved in Islamist qua radical movements since the Nineteen Eighties. He worked with Hasan al-Turabi in the creation of an Arab conference of radicals first held in Khartoum in 1991. That he would finally spend jail time after all these years is ironic. |
| Posted by: Huputle Cherelet4131 2024-02-21 08:44 |