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Tunisian Court Sentences Opposition Leaders for 'Plotting Against the State'

TUNISIA, JUL 8 – The sentences target opposition figures accused of terrorism and conspiracy, marking a continuation of President Kais Saied's crackdown that began in 2021, critics say it suppresses dissent.

  • On July 8, 2025, a Tunisian court sentenced Rached Ghannouchi and 20 other politicians to prison terms for plotting against the state in Tunis.
  • The sentences follow a broader crackdown by President Kais Saied since his 2021 power assumption, which critics call a coup and political repression.
  • Ghannouchi, 86, leader of the Islamist Ennahdha party that rose after the 2011 Arab Spring revolution, received 14 years, while others got 12 to 35 years.
  • His defense team accused the judiciary of unfair trials based on a secret witness with baseless, withdrawn allegations, labeling the process as judicial harassment.
  • The ruling suggests continued political suppression amid warnings that Tunisia's democratic gains since 2011 are being reversed under Saied's administration.
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On Tuesday in Tunis, a collective trial sentenced some 20 people, including the leader of the Islamist party, who should end his days in prison. ...

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In Tunisia, a court sentenced opposition leader Ghannouchi and other politicians to long prison terms.

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Among them is also Rached Ghannouchi, historical leader of the Ennahda party and great critic of authoritarian president Kais Saied

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The Washington Post broke the news in on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
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