Hundreds march in Tunis for Soumoud flotilla detainees as hunger strikes drag on

Several hundred people marched from the journalists' union headquarters through central Tunis on Saturday demanding the release of four flotilla organisers held at Mornaguia prison over alleged money-laundering linked to their Gaza aid campaign, in a march called by the UGTT union, the bar association ONAT and the Human Rights League. Organiser Wael Naouar has been on hunger strike for over a month and has lost 21 kilograms, while three co-detainees have refused food for more than a week; human rights lawyer Ayachi Hammami joined with his own solidarity hunger strike.

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