Al Jazeera television journalist Tayseer Allouni, who is serving a seven-year jail term in Spain on terror charges, has been put under house arrest due to his deteriorating health, his wife has said. Doha-based Fatima Zahra said yesterday Allouni, who suffers from a serious heart condition, was released from a high security jail and transferred to his Granada home and is now awaiting surgery. "My husband is under house arrest because of his condition. His health has deteriorated over the past year and now he is waiting to have a heart surgery," Zahra told Gulf News. "He was refused proper medical care in the Spanish jail, where he was confined in a small cage for 20 hours a day. This has put his life at risk."
Syrian born Allouni, a naturalised Spaniard, was arrested in 2003 as part of an investigation into suspected terror operations in Spain.