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Tunisia’s jailed opposition leader Ghannouchi in ‘critical condition,’ lawyers say

Lawyers for Rached Ghannouchi, the jailed leader of Tunisia’s main opposition movement, said on Thursday that his health had deteriorated to a “critical condition,” raising fresh concerns about the treatment of political detainees in the North African country. The 85-year-old head of the Ennahda party reportedly fainted and suffered severe exhaustion while being held in […]

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Jailed Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi faints in prison amid heatwave

Rached Ghannouchi, the jailed head of Tunisia’s Ennahda movement, reportedly fainted inside his prison cell this week as a severe heatwave continued to grip much of North Africa. The incident has drawn fresh attention to conditions faced by political detainees in the country and to the broader vulnerability of inmates during periods of extreme temperatures.