Tunis, Nov 12, 2025 (AFP) - Tunisia opposition figure on hunger strike beaten in prison: family

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2025-11-12

A prominent Tunisian opposition figure on hunger strike for two weeks to protest his incarceration was beaten unconscious in prison by nearly a dozen guards and fellow inmates, his family alleged on Wednesday. Jawhar Ben Mbarek, co-founder of the National Salvation Front, Tunisia's main opposition alliance, has been detained since February 2023. His sister, Dalila Ben Mbarek Msaddek, said in a Facebook video that "six prisoners and five guards" a......

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