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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

UK urged to seek release of Tunisian opposition figure jailed in crackdown

Protest against President Kais Saied on 5 March
Protest against President Kais Saied on 5 March. Demonstrators are demanding the release of human right activists, journalists and political and juristic figures arrested in recent weeks in Tunis, Tunisia. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images


Britain is being urged to help protect the last vestiges of the Arab spring by calling for the release of Said Ferjani, the leading Tunisian politician who has been thrown into prison as part of an effort to silence the critics of the country’s increasingly authoritarian president.

Ferjani, 68, lived in the UK in political exile for more than two decades before returning for Tunisia’s democratic awakening in 2011.

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