Tunisia: French student detained for weeks, flies back home

Tunisia has released a French Phd Student. The announcement was made Friday (Nov. 15) by the French ministry.

Victor Dupont, who researches social movements, youth unemployment and Tunisia’s 2011 revolution, was one of three French nationals arrested on Oct. 19.

At least two were subsequently released. The whereabouts of the third person, a woman with dual French-Tunisian citizenship, weren’t immediately clear Friday.

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