A Tunisian court has sentenced one of the country’s most prominent opposition leaders, Rached Ghannouchi, to fourteen years in prison, adding to a string of convictions that he received in other cases.
Ghannouchi, who is the leader of Tunisia’s Ennahda movement, was among those sentenced as part of a sweeping case in which politicians were charged with conspiring against state security, while several other detained members of his party were sentenced to twelve years.
Ghannouchi’s party rose to power after Tunisia became the first country in the region to oust a longtime dictator as part of the Arab Spring, and he later served as speaker of the country’s assembly, just as he is among the opposition figures who have faced prosecution since President Kais Saied took power six years ago.
