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Noureddine Bhiri’s wife and children start sit-in at hospital where senior Ennahdha official is being held.

Doctors on Wednesday expressed “grave fears” for the health of former Tunisian minister of justice Noureddine Bhiri, who has been refusing food or medication since his arrest last week, a rights body said. The 63-year-old, who was arrested by plainclothes officers on Friday last week and later accused of possible “terrorism” offenses, has several pre-existing health conditions and was hospitalized on Sunday. The Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, of which Bhiri is deputy chairman, played a central role in the country’s politics until a power grab on July 25 last year by Tunisian Presi...

Tunisian doctors on Wednesday expressed "grave fears" for the health of former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri, who has been refusing food or medication since his arrest last week, a rights body said.

Tunisian ex-justice minister Noureddine Bhiri, who has been refusing food or medication since his arrest last week, has agreed to treatment

TUNIS: Tunisian former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri, who has been refusing food or medication since his arrest last week, has agreed to treatment, doctors said Wednesday, after his supporters expressed alarm over his health. The 63-year-old, who was arrested by plainclothes officers on Friday and later accused of possible “terrorism” offenses, suffers from several