US EditionJailed Tunisia Opposition Leader Ghannouchi Handed Longer Sentence
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In this so-called "conspiracy 2" case, Rached Ghannouchi and other Ennahdha leaders are accused of having set up a "secret security apparatus" in the service of the Islamist party.
Jailed Tunisia opposition leader Ghannouchi handed longer sentence
TUNIS (AFP): A Tunisian court has sentenced opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi to 20 years in jail for “plotting against the state,” his lawyer told AFP on Tuesday, increasing the sentence by six years. The charge is one of several for which Ghannouchi has already been in prison since 2023, with the 84-year-old now facing a total of more than 40 years behind bars. Twenty-two people stood trial alongside Ghannouchi last year accused of offenses …
The Tunis Court of Appeal has handed down heavy and partially harsher sentences in the so-called "Plot Against State Security 2" case, one of the most sensitive and controversial legal proceedings of the post-July 25, 2021, era. On appeal, the judges sentenced Rached Ghannouchi, historic leader of the Islamist movement Ennahda and former speaker of the parliament dissolved in 2021, and Kamel Bedoui to twenty years in prison each, significantly i…
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