Hamadi Jebali ends hunger strike after five weeks

A statement said that imprisoned journalist Hamadi Jebali has called off the hunger strike he began on 15 September 2005, Reporters Without Borders has learned in a phone call with his wife Wahida Jebali, who said she was allowed to visit him on 25 October. He ended his hunger strike on 21 October.

She said the Tunisian government had promised to reconsider his case and open negotiations if he called off the hunger strike by 7 November. She added that he has lost a great deal of weight and is very weak. He has not yet been allowed a visit from a doctor.