Tunisia to Free 198 Opposition Prisoners
Associated Press
TUNIS, Tunisia —
President Habib Bourguiba’s government last week announced plans to free 198 members of the opposition Socialist Progressive Rally who were imprisoned last April.
The presidential pardon, which coincides with a festival ending the Islamic faith’s holy month of Ramadan, followed the release of 150 non-political prisoners and the restoration of civil rights to 300 other citizens convicted of various crimes.
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