In Tunisia, five leaders of the Salvation Front, including the 82-year-old leader of the Tunisian opposition party Ennahda, Rached Ghannouchi, have been detained in a case alleging conspiracy against state security. These leaders are continuing their hunger strike for the sixth consecutive day, demanding their release. The hunger strike, which Ghannouchi began on Monday, has seen participation from other anti-government figures, showing solidarity with his fellow detainees. The weekly sit-in held by the Salvation Front on Saturday evening highlighted the ongoing protest.
Abdul-Hadi al-Khawaja, prominent Bahraini opposition figure, is among 800 prisoners whom activists said had been on hunger strike for weeks to protest against the conditions in Jau Prison, where they are locked in their cells for up to 23 hours a day https://t.co/K4nbsMbulq
Maryam al-Khawaja, the daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, "said Monday she has been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, and again called for her father’s release." https://t.co/4Zq5JQ0Zu4
The 82-year old jailed leader of Tunisian opposition party Ennahda, Rached Ghannouchi, is now on hunger strike. This is my interview with Ghannouchi in 2011, just weeks after the Revolution. | https://t.co/kHLbmpNFx1 via @AJEnglish
Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi began a hunger strike on Monday in solidarity with other anti-government figures waging a protest fast to demand their immediate release https://t.co/HV3XQcXWZl
Tunisia: Jailed opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi starts hunger strike https://t.co/8oKjOoBkh0 https://t.co/EShJmZBeTz
Tunisia opposition leader Ghannouchi begins hunger strike in prison https://t.co/lcxaEo7kIP https://t.co/dynwTlSJoi
⚠️ TUNISIA OPPOSITION LEADER GHANNOUCHI BEGINS HUNGER STRIKE IN PRISON (Reuters) 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… https://t.co/cPWhUO5YeL
#Tunisia: "5 leaders of the Salvation Front detained in conspiracy against state security case are continuing their hunger strike for 6th day in a row to demand their release," participants in weekly sit-in held by the Front said on Saturday evening. https://t.co/BB73YtKw6w https://t.co/rBtC2O3evA