Tunis, Tunisia - Prominent Tunisian opposition figures including Rached Ghannouchi said Friday they would go on hunger strike in solidarity with a jailed politician whose health they say has severely deteriorated after nine days without food. Jawhar Ben Mbarek, co-founder of the National Salvation Front, Tunisia's main opposition alliance, launched...
Rights organisations demand Bahrain release opposition figure on hunger strike
Sixteen organisations -- including Amnesty and BIRD -- called on Bahraini authorities to release Abduljalil al-Singace, who is serving a life sentence for his involvement in a 2011 uprising.
