Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Hammadi Jebali, Prime Minister of Tunisia from 2011 to 2013 and Member of Club de Madrid, was arrested on 23 June and then released a few days later after going on hunger strike. Club de Madrid, and on its behalf President Danilo Türk, has sent the letter below to the current President of the Republic of Tunisia, Kais Saied.
Club de Madrid asks Tunisian authorities to observe the essence of democratic values, fair judicial process, and the rule of law, in respect of his rights and freedoms and it has been pleased to learn of Jebali’s recent release after his detention by security police and subsequent urgent transfer to the intensive care unit of Habib Thamer Hospital in Tunis in seriously deteriorated health conditions.
