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The jailed leader of Tunisian opposition party Ennahda, 82-year-old Rached Ghannouchi, launched a hunger strike on Monday, his Islamist-inspired party said. In prison since last April, Ghannouchi “decided to start a hunger strike… in solidarity” with fellow prisoners who are also rejecting food, Ennahda said in a statement. The strike aims “to support all the political opponents in the different prisons” in Tunisia, it added. Ghannouchi is the best-known opposition figure imprisoned in Tunisia since President Kais Saied dismissed parliament and seized all state power in July 2021. Ennahda ha…

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