Tunisia bars family and lawyers from seeing jailed opposition leader Ghannouchi after prison collapse
The family of jailed Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi says it has been unable to see or contact him for 11 days after he collapsed in prison and was taken to hospital. His son, Moadh Ghannouchi, said requests to visit the 85-year-old in hospital were refused, including one submitted to the public prosecutor. The family says it has received no official confirmation of his whereabouts or condition.According to the account given by his son, the last time lawyers saw Ghannouchi was days before he temporarily lost consciousness on 17 July. Moadh Ghannouchi said his father has high blood pressure and... [Continue Reading]
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