Tunis, Tunisia – AFP Four people were sentenced to death and two given life imprisonment over the assassination of Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid in 2013, the deputy public prosecutor of the anti-terrorist judicial division said Wednesday. A total of 23 people had been charged in connection with the murder of leftist Belaid. Se...
Tunis, Tunisia – AFP Hundreds of Tunisians demonstrated on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the country’s 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab Spring uprisings, and to demand the release of jailed opposition leaders. They marched down the central thoroughfare of the capital Tunis waving the national flag, commemorating the day wh...
Tunis, Tunisia – AFP The jailed leader of Tunisian opposition party Ennahdha, Rached Ghannouchi, 82, began a hunger strike on Friday to protest his detention and express support for other “political prisoners”, his party said. A court in the North African country sentenced Ghannouchi to one year in prison on terrorism-related...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – The Ennahda Movement said on Wednesday that Tunisian security forces had detained two of its leading members. The progressive Islamic party stated that Abdel Karim Harouni, a former minister and head of the movement’s Shura Council, was arrested late Tuesday. It also stated that Mondher Ounissi, the party’s vi...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Former Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali was released from detention Tuesday after being interrogated for seven hours at the prosecutor’s office. Mukhtar al-Jamai, one of Jebali’s defense lawyers, said his client was questioned about various matters, including appointments made during his term, his p...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian security forces detained former Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali on Tuesday, according to his family. “Security forces in civilian clothes raided our home at 8:00 am (7:00 GMT) and arrested him,” Jebali’s wife, Wahida Trabelsi, told Anadolu. She said no reason was provided for his detention. “...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Thousands of Tunisians demonstrated in the capital Tunis on Thursday demanding the release of politicians arrested on charges of “conspiring against the security of the state.” The National Salvation Front, a coalition of five Tunisian parties opposing President Kais Saied, held a demonstration in front of the Tunis...
