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Tunisia's Crackdown on Opposition Leaders Sparks Global Concerns.

Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been detained by authorities on charges of "conspiracy against state security" after making comments warning about the potential for civil war if Tunisia's various political currents were excluded. Ghannouchi's daughter claims his words have been taken out of context. Critics fear that President Kais Saied's moves against the opposition, including Ghannouchi's arrest, will lead to more crackdowns and restrictions on political pluralism and human rights in Tunisia.

via Al Jazeera English|

#civil-war #ennahda #kais-saied

politics2 years ago•6 min saved

Tunisian Islamist opposition leader Ghannouchi detained by judge.

Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia's main opposition party, Ennahdha, has been imprisoned pending trial on charges of incitement against state authorities. The charges are believed to be politically motivated, part of a wider campaign against opponents of President Kaid Saied, who dissolved the democratically-elected parliament and started ruling by decree in 2021. Ghannouchi, who has been an ardent critic of Saied, founded Ennahdha in 1981 and returned to Tunisia from exile in 2011 after longtime leader Ben Ali fled the country.

via Al Jazeera English|

#democracy #ennahdha #kaid-saied

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Tunisian authorities crackdown on opposition party and detain leader.

Tunisian authorities have closed the headquarters of the opposition Ennahdha party and arrested its leader, Rached Ghannouchi, as part of a continuing crackdown on political opponents. Ennahdha was the largest party in Tunisia's parliament before it was dissolved by President Kais Saied in July 2021. Since early February, more than 20 political opponents and personalities have been arrested, including politicians, former ministers, businessmen, and trade unionists. Human rights groups have criticized the arrests, which targeted leading figures of the National Salvation Front, the main opposition coalition, which includes Ennahdha.

via Al Jazeera English|

#ennahdha #kais-saied #political-crackdown

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Tunisian police crackdown on opposition party.

Tunisian police have detained opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi and raided the headquarters of his Ennahda party. Ghannouchi has emerged as one of the biggest critics of President Kais Saied since the leader shut down parliament. The police detained Ghannouchi for questioning and searched his house on the orders of the public prosecutor investigating “inciting statements”. Ghannouchi has faced repeated rounds of judicial questioning over the past year on charges relating to Ennahda’s finances and allegations it enabled Tunisians to leave the North African country and join ISIL (ISIS) as well as other armed groups after longtime ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was removed from power in 2011.

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#detention #ennahda-party #kais-saied