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Tunisia detainees start hunger strike

Tunisia detainees start hunger strike

THREE prominent opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied who were arrested last month and accused of conspiring against state security have gone on hunger strike, their lawyer and the son of one of them said. Former finance minister Khayam Turki, Attayar party co-founder Ghazi Chaouachi and protest leader Jawher Ben Mbarek were all detained as part of a crackdown on leading critics of Saied that has drawn a rebuke from rights organisations. Islam Hamza, a lawyer for the three men, said they had all begun a hunger strike. Chaouachi's son Youssef told Reuters authorities had told him they were moving…
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Tunisia police arrest ex-judges sacked by president, lawyer and media say

Tunisia police arrest ex-judges sacked by president, lawyer and media say

TUNISIAN police arrested two former judges who were dismissed by President Kais Saied last year, a lawyer and local media said, on the second day of a wave of detentions of prominent people, including politicians and a businessman. Bechir Akremi and Tayeb Rached, who were among the dozens of judges and members of the judiciary sacked in 2022, were detained by police, Anouar Awled Ali, a lawyer close to the cases, told Reuters. The local Mosaique FM radio network said Akremi's arrest was linked to the investigation into the assassination a decade ago of Chokri Belaid, a political activist. It…
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Tunisian police detain prominent politicians, businessman

Tunisian police detain prominent politicians, businessman

TAREK AMARA TUNISIAN police detained politicians and a prominent, politically connected businessman, their lawyers said, in a case that local media said was based on suspicion of conspiracy against state security. A spokesperson for the Interior Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the arrests of Khayam Turki, a former finance minister, and Kamel Ltaif, a construction magnate with close ties to successive coalition governments. Local media said that the police later arrested Abd El Hamid Jlassi, a former senior official in the Ennahda Islamist party and a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, on charges…
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