In the streets of Tunis, citizens marched beneath Palestinian and Tunisian flags to demand the freedom of four men whose effort to deliver aid to Gaza has landed them in a detention cell. Since March, Wael Naouar, Ghassen Henchiri, Ghassen Boughdiri, and Nabil Channoufi have been held on financial charges their supporters call a pretext — a judicial instrument wielded against conscience rather than crime. One of them, now more than a month into a hunger strike, is fading in ways that transform a political dispute into a question of life itself. The case has become a mirror in which Tunisia mus
Tunisian activists protest detention of four Gaza aid workers amid hunger strike crisis
Four activists detained since March; one on 35-day hunger strike with severe health deterioration including fainting, breathing difficulty, hallucinations, and 20kg+ weight loss; another requires urgent surgery.