Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 2
Tunisian Court Sentences Ennahda Leader Rached El Ghannouchi to Life in Secret Apparatus Case
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 2

Tunisian Court Sentences Ennahda Leader Rached El Ghannouchi to Life in Secret Apparatus Case

3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 2
  • A Tunisian court on Tuesday gave jailed opposition leader Rached El Ghannouchi a life sentence, the harshest ruling in the latest case against President Kais Saied’s prominent critic.
  • The sentence came in the terrorism-related “secret apparatus” case tied to Ennahda, the country’s largest opposition group.
  • State news agency TAP said multiple defendants in the same case received prison terms ranging from 10 years to life.
  • The ruling adds to El Ghannouchi’s earlier jail terms, which already totaled dozens of years in other cases brought under Saied.
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