Tanzania, May 28 -- Arusha. Family members of five prominent Tunisian detainees and one deceased opposition member have filed petitions at the African Court of Human and People's Rights (ACHPR) against the Tunisian regime.

The petition, filed early this week in Arusha, is requesting urgent provisional measures from the court to order the Tunisian government to immediately release political detainees.

They include Rached Ghannouchi, Speaker of the Parliament and Ennahdha Party leader; Said Ferjani MP, a prominent opposition figure and Ghazi Chaouachi former Secretary General of the Tayyar Party. The other is Noureddine Bhiri, a legislator and former Justice Minister of Tunisia. The application also calls for an investigation into the dea...