Ennahda Leader Starts Hunger Strike in Hospital
Five days ago, Rashid Ghannouchi, the leader of the Ennahda Movement and former Speaker of the Tunisian Parliament, began a hunger strike and abstention from medication to protest his complete isolation and enforced disappearance in the hospital since he was transferred there on July 29. His family and lawyers are denied access to visit him or to learn about his health condition, despite reports that his health is reportedly critical. It is worth noting that Ghannouchi, who is 85 years old, has been deprived of his rights since his arrest in April 2023, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment last June on charges related to terrorism, as part of a series of exceptional measures taken by President Kais Saied since July 2021.
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