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Tunisia detainees start hunger strike, family says

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Last updated: 2023/03/10 at 7:30 PM
News Room Published March 10, 2023
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TUNIS, March 10 (Reuters) – 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 on Friday.

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 him to a different section of the prison and threatened to use violence to do so.

The police, interior ministry and justice ministry have declined to comment on the arrests. The prison system spokesperson did not respond to calls for comment on conditions in prison.

Lawyers for those detained detailed the charges laid out against them when they were remanded in custody.

Samir Dilou, the lawyer for Chaima Issa, the only woman among the detainees, said on Wednesday that prison authorities had not allowed him to meet her even though he had a permit from the judge.

Dalia Ben Mbarek, a rights lawyer and the sister of Jawher Ben Mbarek, said the detainees had been transferred to cells with broken windows and a smell of sewage.

Most major political parties accuse Saied of a coup for shutting down the parliament in 2021 and moving to rule by decree before rewriting the constitution which he passed in a referendum last year with low turnout.

Saied says his actions were legal and necessary to save Tunisia from years of crisis at the hands of a corrupt, self-serving elite.

He has said those detained are criminals, traitors and terrorists and that any judge who frees them should be considered their accomplice.

Reporting by Angus McDowall, Editing by William Maclean

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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