Tunis, Feb 19 (Prensa Latina) Imprisoned Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi went on hunger strike on Monday in solidarity with other anti-government figures waging a protest fast to demand their immediate release, a team of opposition lawyers said.
Imprisoned Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi went on a hunger strike on Monday in solidarity with other anti-government figures waging a protest fast to demand their immediate release. Ghannouchi’s lawyer in a statement on Monday said he’s fighting on an ‘empty stomach’.
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Six Tunisian opposition figures began an open hunger strike on Monday to denounce their one-year detention without formal charges or trial. The detainees, held on charges of incitement and "plotting against state security", released a statement asking for their immediate release. They also demanded authorities to terminate the security and judicial prosecutions of all politicians and civil society activists who also suffer injustice.