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Euro-Med Monitor calls on Tunisia to release hunger striker Atig

Tunisians protest against the arrest of political opponents of President Kais Saied [File: Hassene Dridi/AP]

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has called on Tunisia to free jailed politician Sahbi Atig, whose health has been deteriorating amid a continuing hunger strike.

Atig, a member of the Shura Council for the moderate opposition Ennahdha party, was arrested on May 6 after security forces prevented him from flying to attend a conference in Turkey.

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