Wael Naouar, a Tunisian pro-Palestinian activist jailed since March, has been hospitalised in critical condition after 39 days on hunger strike, according to the Tunisian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LTDH), a prominent local rights body. Naouar and three fellow members of the Gaza Sumud Flotilla — an international campaign that sought to break Israel's blockade of Gaza — were arrested on charges of financial misconduct related to funds raised for the initiative, though none have been convicted and all remain in pre-trial detention. His case has drawn international concern amid reports that Tunisian authorities are withholding information from his family and lawyers, and a judge has rejected an appeal against extending the group's detention.