Tunisia: Students On Hunger Strike Against Veil Ban

Five Tunisian students said they went on hunger strike Wednesday against a ban on niqab veils imposed by a university, upping the ante in a dispute which began in November.

Mohamed el-Bakhti, spokesman of a group of ultraconservative Muslims from the University of Manouba's arts faculty, said the five were on hunger strike for an unlimited period in a "private place under medical monitoring."

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