Noureddine Bhiri, close to Rached Ghannouchi, head of the Islamist-inspired party, is “in resuscitation at the Bougatfa Hospital of Bizerte”.
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Former Tunisian Justice Minister, Noureddine Bhiri, a strong man of the Islamist-inspired party Ennahda, was transferred to a critical state at the Bizerte Hospital (North) two days after his interpellation, said Sunday. January 2 of the activists of this movement and members.
Arrested Friday morning, Mr. Bhiri, 63, “is in critical condition, he is in resuscitation at Bougatfa Hospital in Bizerte,” said AFP the lawyer and MP Samir Dilou.
After more than two days of silence, Rached Ghannouchi, Chief of Ennahda and of which Mr Bhiri is considered close, distributed a letter that he addressed to President Kaïs Saïed by imputing him “the responsibility of Reveal his condition, reassure his family and public opinion “.
He pointed out that after the information on “the deterioration of the state of health” by Mr. Bhiri, President Saïed had to “authorize a medical team and his lawyers to visit him and release him immediately”.
“His life is threatened”
Ennahda is at the heart of an iron arm with President Kaïs Saïed since his jurisdiction of July 25 and his decision to suspend the Parliament that this party has controlled for about ten years.
The member and former Secretary of State Saïda Ouisi denounced on Twitter the fact that Mr. Bhiri was detained “in a secret place, without any arrest warrant, indictable or judicial authorization”.
At a press conference in Tunis, Mondher Oulisi, a doctor and member of the Ennahda Executive Board, said that Mr. Bhiri suffered from several chronic diseases, including diabetes and hypertension, and usually took ” sixteen tablets per day “.
It was “deprived of his medications” and “his life is threatened,” he insured, calling “the Red Crescent and international organizations to intervene” against “inhuman practices”.
“in the tunnel of the dictatorship”
In a statement to AFP, Said Ferjani, a member of the management of Ennahda and close to Mr. Bhiri, denounced “a really dangerous situation for Tunisia and the region” when we see “an ex-minister Treaty this way “. He pointed out that his condition was “really critical after three days without drinking, eating, and without taking his medicine”.
Saturday, the Torture Prevention Instance (INPT, Independent Authority) and the Ennahda party had already protested and had worried about the fate of Mr. Bhiri and another leader of Ennahda, Fathi Baldi, arrested also on Friday.
The INTP and the Defense Committee of Mr Bhiri denounced the secret around the place of their detention and the lack of explanations of the Ministry of the Interior who ordered the two arrests.
The department confessed by Friday night to announce two residential assignments, without giving names, showing a “preventive measure dictated by the need to preserve national security”.
Friday, the Defense Committee of Mr Bhiri had described his arrest before his home by “kidnapping and [of” preceding-hazardous civilian agents marking the country’s entry into the dictatorship tunnel “.