The imprisoned leader of the Tunisian opposition party Ennahdha, Rached Ghannouchi, began a hunger strike on Monday February 19. He is protesting against the detention of opponents in Tunisia and to express his support for them.
Several imprisoned political figures, including Jawhar Ben Mbarek and Issam Chebbi, leaders of the National Salvation Front (FSN), the main opposition coalition, have been on hunger strike for 8 days. Since February 2023, more than twenty opponents, businessmen and other personalities have been imprisoned on charges of “ conspiracy against internal security”