Tag: hunger strike

Ghannouchi to start hunger strike this Friday September 29

September 29, 2023

Tunisia’s Ennahda Party leader Rached Ghannouchi is set to start this Friday September 29 a hunger strike from prison to protest against his detention since ... Read More

Algeria: Euro-Med rights watchdog slams punitive measures against striking prisoners of conscience

February 10, 2022

The Algerian authorities have been practicing "arbitrary" measures against dozens of prisoners of conscience, who went on strike to protest the extension of their detention, ... Read More

Tunisia: Nabil Karoui admitted to hospital after hunger strike

June 8, 2021

Nabil Karoui, head of Tunisia’s largest party in the parliament and media mogul has been admitted to hospital early Tuesday after he began a hunger ... Read More

Tunisia: Former Presidential candidate Karoui starts hunger strike in prison

June 7, 2021

Head of Heart of Tunisia party and Former Presidential candidate, Nabil Karoui, started Saturday a hunger strike in prison to protest against his continued detention ... Read More

Algeria: Human Rights Militant on Hunger Strike Protesting Unfair Trial

May 27, 2017

Amazigh militant and human rights activist Kamal Eddine Fekhar staged a hunger strike in protest over the unfair trial he received from a local court ... Read More

Amnesty International Slams Restrictions of Freedoms in Algeria

February 22, 2017

Amnesty International had denounced the continued restrictions imposed by Algerian authorities on the rights to freedom of expression, association, assembly and religion. In its annual ... Read More