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Ecuador’s former vice president goes on hunger strike in prison, as fallout over raid on Mexican embassy grows
11 Apr 2024 01:06 GMT
By Ana María Cañizares, Sahar Akbarzai and Veronica Calderon
(CNN) — Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas on Wednesday started a hunger strike in a Guayaquil maximum security prison, where he has been held since Saturday, a member of his team told …
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Ecuador’s former vice president goes on hunger strike in prison, as fallout over raid on Mexican embassy grows
10 Apr 2024 23:02 GMT
By Ana María Cañizares, Sahar Akbarzai and Veronica Calderon
(CNN) — Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas on Wednesday started a hunger strike in a Guayaquil maximum security prison, where he has been held since Saturday, a member of his team told …
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Human rights groups draw attention to hunger strikes in prisons
22 Feb 2024 11:29 GMT
A coalition of human rights organizations gathered at the Tahir Elçi Conference Hall in Van Bar Association to unveil a report on prison conditions.
The report, compiled by the Van Bar Association, Freedom for Lawyers Association (ÖHD) Van Branch, Human …
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Tunisia opposition leader initiates hunger strike in prison
20 Feb 2024 19:54 GMT
Rached Ghannouchi, the Tunisian opposition leader and head of the Ennahda main opposition party, commenced a hunger strike on Monday in solidarity with other anti-government figures. Ghannouchi, aged 82, has been incarcerated since last year on charges of …
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Tunisia: Opposition leader Ghannouchi begins hunger strike in prison
20 Feb 2024 14:06 GMT
Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi went on hunger strike on Monday in solidarity with other anti-government figures waging a protest fast.
The imprisoned Ghannouchi, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied and head of the Ennahda main opposition …
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Tunisian opposition leader begins hunger strike in prison
19 Feb 2024 22:50 GMT
Ghannouchi, 82, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied and head of the Ennahda main opposition party, was jailed last year on charges of incitement against police and plotting against state security.
Earlier this month in a separate case a judge sentenced …
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Tunisia opposition leader Ghannouchi begins hunger strike in prison
19 Feb 2024 12:10 GMT
TUNIS (Reuters) - Imprisoned Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi went on hunger strike on Monday in solidarity with other anti-government figures waging a protest fast to demand their immediate release, a team of opposition lawyers said.
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Convicted PiS politician begins hunger strike in prison
11 Jan 2024 23:56 GMT
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Former Polish minister starts hunger strike in prison after being detained in presidential palace
10 Jan 2024 18:02 GMT
Former Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said he had started a hunger strike as a "political prisoner" on Wednesday, a day after he was detained by police at the presidential palace and sent to jail on abuse of power charges.The events …
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Former Polish minister starts hunger strike in prison after arrest in presidential palace
10 Jan 2024 11:12 GMT
Poland’s former interior minister Mariusz Kaminski has gone on hunger strike after he was arrested in Warsaw’s presidential palace, where he had sought refuge, and was imprisoned on Wednesday for abuse of power.
President Andrzej Duda, whose 2015 pardon of …