Three Tunisian opposition leaders on hunger strike in prison
1 year, 6 months ago

Three Tunisian opposition leaders on hunger strike in prison

Al Jazeera  

Three leaders of Tunisia’s opposition Ennahdha party are on hunger strike in protest against their detention and stripping of fundamental rights in what is widely seen as part of a government crackdown against opponents of President Kais Saied. ‘Dangerous policy’ Ennahdha issued a statement on Monday after another of its leaders, Ahmed Mechergui, 54, a former member of parliament and chief of staff of the party’s leader, began a hunger strike on Sunday to protest against his incarceration since April 18. Nouri has been on hunger strike since April 24 to “protest the lack of the most basic and fundamental of prisoner’s rights”, his lawyer Latifa Habbechi said on the first day of his strike. A Tunisian court last month handed Ennahdha leader Rached Ghannouchi a one-year prison sentence on terrorism-related charges, which the party condemned as an “unjust political verdict”.

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Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi joins group of imprisoned hunger strikers
10 months ago

Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi joins group of imprisoned hunger strikers

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi began a hunger strike in prison on Monday, joining other government critics striking to protest what they see as unjust incarceration. Imed Khemiri, the spokesperson for his political party, told The Associated Press on Monday that Ghannouchi’s strike intended to draw attention to the plight of Tunisia’s political prisoners and the violations …

Families of jailed Tunisian opposition ask ICC to investigate president
1 year, 2 months ago

Families of jailed Tunisian opposition ask ICC to investigate president

Al Jazeera  

Relatives go to The Hague to pressure the court to go after leaders in Tunis over alleged rights abuses. The children of four jailed Tunisian opposition figures have called on the International Criminal Court to investigate claims of political persecution and the deteriorating human rights situation in the North African country. On Wednesday, 60 activists went on a one-day hunger …

Jailed Tunisian opposition leader’s health deteriorating: Wife
1 year, 6 months ago

Jailed Tunisian opposition leader’s health deteriorating: Wife

Al Jazeera  

Sahbi Atig has been hospitalised in intensive care after 25-day hunger strike in protest of his imprisonment. An opposition leader’s health is deteriorating rapidly in a Tunisian jail after an almost monthlong hunger strike, his wife says Sahbi Atig, a member of the Shura Council for the moderate opposition Ennahdha party, was arrested on May 6 after security forces prevented …

Imprisoned Egyptian activist calls off hunger strike
2 years, 1 month ago

Imprisoned Egyptian activist calls off hunger strike

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah said Tuesday they received a letter from him saying he has ended his hunger strike. Fears had been mounting over Abdel-Fattah’s life since he stopped intake of all food, then stopped drinking water on Nov. 6, escalating a months-long partial hunger strike to pressure for his release. “I feel cautiously …

Georgia’s jailed ex-leader Saakashvili ends 50-day hunger strike
3 years, 1 month ago

Georgia’s jailed ex-leader Saakashvili ends 50-day hunger strike

Al Jazeera  

Former President Mikheil Saakashvili agrees to end strike after authorities offer to move him to a military hospital. Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has agreed to end a 50-day hunger strike in prison that had raised political tensions in the former Soviet republic and drawn expressions of concern from the United States. His personal doctor, Nokoloz Kipshidze, said “ president …

Fears for Palestinian hunger strikers protesting imprisonment
3 years, 3 months ago

Fears for Palestinian hunger strikers protesting imprisonment

Al Jazeera  

Palestinian inmates plan mass hunger strikes in support of the rearrested escapees and their abysmal jail conditions. What is also exacerbating Palestinian anger is the deteriorating health of six Palestinian hunger strikers, protesting against their administrative detention or detention without trial. ‘Secret evidence’ Administrative detention is a procedure that allows Israeli occupation forces to hold prisoners indefinitely on secret information …

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