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| Tunisia ex-Minister Freed from Jail on Health Grounds |
| 2014-03-05 |
| [An Nahar] A Tunisian court ordered Tuesday the release from prison of Ridha Grira, the last defense minister under ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who is suffering from cancer. But deputy prosecutor Soufiane Sliti said Grira was still being investigated for corruption. Grira had been in jail since September 2011 for corruption cases linked to the Ben Ali regime which was tossed in a popular uprising that year. The Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights group had called for his release in August due to his poor health. It said at the time that the Mornaguia prison, where Grira was held, does not have the facilities to provide the necessary treatment for his cancer. Relatives and former officials in the government of Ben Ali, who fled with his wife to Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , were tossed in the slammer Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! after the uprising but some managed to be freed on health grounds. |
| Posted by:Fred |