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A Tunisian activist's journey from Gaza flotilla hero to jailed hunger striker

TUNIS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - A year ago, Wael Naouar stood on the deck of a boat at Sidi Bou Said port on Tunisia's Mediterranean coast, waving to thousands of supporters before setting off to try to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza by breaking Israel's naval blockade. Today, Naouar is more than a month into an open-ended hunger strike in a prison outside Tunis, demanding that the charges of…

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