Tunisia’s Ennahda movement said Thursday that its leader Rached Ghannouchi suffered a sharp deterioration in his health while in detention and was transferred to a hospital, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the movement said Ghannouchi, 84, “experienced a severe decline in his health condition, which forced prison authorities to urgently transfer him to a hospital for treatment and medical monitoring for several days.” “In light of this serious development, the movement renews its call for Ghannouchi’s immediate release, considering his detention to be arbitrary,” the statement added. Citing a UN expert panel decision, the movement said Ghannouchi is being prosecuted over freedom of opinion and expression and that the charges against him “lack any legal and factual basis.” In March, […]
