Tunisia sentences opposition leader Ghannouchi to a year in prison

Issued on: 15/05/2023 – 21:42

Ghannouchi, 81, a former parliament speaker, was arrested last month over different accusations. 

He had appeared in court at the end of February on the terror-related charges after being accused of calling police officers “tyrants”.

The case is one of several levied by authorities against Ghannouchi, whose Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party was the largest in parliament before Saied dissolved the chamber in July 2021.

He was detained and remanded in custody last month after remarks warning that eradicating different viewpoints such as the left or political Islam, from which his party originated, might lead to a “civil war”.

Ghannouchi is among more than 20 of Saied’s political opponents and personalities, including former ministers and business figures, arrested since February.

In addition to his prison term, Ghannouchi was fined 1,000 dinars ($326), local media reported. 

(AFP)