5 members of National Salvation Front still on hunger strike in Mornaguia Prison

Five members of the National Salvation Front (FSN), arrested in the so-called case «plotting against State security» and detained in Mornaguia Prison, are still on hunger strike for the 6th consecutive day. During a sit-in held, Saturday evening in Tunis, by the National Salvation Front, participants called for the detainees' immediate release. The sit-in was also observed by FSN President, Ahmed Néjib Chebbi, Secretary General of the Work and Achievement Party, Abdellatif Mekki as well as Ennahdha's official spokesperson Imed Khemiri. Abdellatif Mekki and Imed Khemiri underlined that the so-called case «plotting against state security» is politically motivated, reiterating that the FSN detainees «were thrown into the Mornaguia Prison without being heard or judged. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse