In a message published on his Facebook page on November 4, 2025, lawyer Samir Dilou sounds the alarm about Jaouhar Ben Mbarek, whom he describes as “ about to die » after a long hunger strike. According to Samir Dilou, the attempt to convince him to resume the minimum necessary to preserve his health failed.
Released “ a few moments ago » from Belli prison, where he went to try to convince the inmate, Samir Dilou recounts a scene marked by worry and helplessness. He claims to have led “ an hour of desperate attempts » to persuade Jaouhar Ben Mbarek to take at least “ the bare minimum » which could prevent the total collapse of his organism — in vain.
In his account, Dilou reports the inflexible and resolute attitude of the prisoner: “ I will not allow them to kill me out of patience… I will not accept slow death; I will force them to pay the price for my assassination in a few days, not in a few years », Quoting verbatim the phrase repeated, according to him, by Jaouhar Ben Mbarek.
Very concerned, Samir Dilou also questions institutional responsibilities: who made the final decision to leave a detainee, whom he describes as “ victim “, in a state of being killed by deprivation of food and water? He deplores “ indifference » from which, according to him, the treatment of hunger strikers suffers today, an indifference that he claims to have never noticed even before the revolution.
Samir Dilou emphasizes the scale of the problem and the seriousness of the fate reserved for the detainee, comparing the situation to an execution: “ The country rose up against capital punishment… what Jaouhar is experiencing is the same thing “. He concludes his message with an accusatory address: Look at your hands… “, a poignant call for the responsibility of those who hold power.
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