Tunisia presidential candidate sentenced to six months in prison

A cameraman films remarks by Abdessattar Massoudi, attorney of Tunisian presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel, seen on the poster, after Zammel was sentenced on fraud charges that Massoudi decried as politically motivated, in Tunis, Sept. 16, 2024.

A Tunisian court sentenced presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel to six months in prison on Wednesday on charges of falsifying documents, his lawyer told Reuters, the second prison sentence against him in a week, days before the presidential election.