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Tunisia opposition leader Ghannouchi, others handed long jail terms

article author: AFP Author: Wed, 2026-06-03 03: 01 TUNIS: Several officials of Tunisia’s Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, including its 84-year-old chief Rached Ghannouchi, were handed jail sentences on Tuesday ranging from 10 years to life in prison on terror charges, the party and reports said. Ghannouchi and other Ennahdha leaders were accused of establishing a “secret security apparatus” in service of the party which won the post-revolution elections in 2011. Ghannouchi was handed 30 years in prison plus life imprisonment, Tunisian media said, with reports on the sentences confirmed by the party. Main category: Middle-East Tags: Tunis Rached Ghannouchi

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