Ennahdha party’s Rached Ghannouchi, 81, is at least the 20th person to be held in recent months in crackdown by Kais Saied
Since early February, authorities in the north African country have arrested more than 20 political opponents and personalities. They have included politicians, former ministers, business people, trade unionists and the owner of Tunisia’s most popular radio station, Mosaique FM.
He appeared in court at the end of February on terror-related charges after being accused of calling police officers “tyrants”. He had already been in court last November over allegations that his party had helped jihadists travel to Iraq and Syria. Prior to that he was interrogated over alleged money laundering in relation to foreign donations for an Ennahdha-linked charity., which was the only democracy to emerge from the Arab spring uprisings in the Middle East more than a decade ago.
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