Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi sentenced to three years
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Ghannouchi’s Ennahda Party accused of receiving foreign funds as President Kais Saied continues crackdown on opposition.
A Tunisian court has sentenced opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi to three years in prison over accusations that his Ennahda Party received foreign contributions, official news agency Tunis Afrique Press (TAP) reported, amid an escalating crackdown on dissent in the North African country.
The trial court, which specialises in financial corruption, also fined Ennahda $1.1m and $470,000 for receiving foreign funds, TAP said on Thursday.
Ghannouchi’s son-in-law Rafik Abdessalem, a former foreign minister, was sentenced to three years in jail as well.
A former speaker of the Tunisian parliament, Ghannouchi, 82, was arrested last year and sentenced to one year in jail on separate charges of incitement.
Rights groups previously denounced Ghannouchi’s detention, accusing the government of President Kais Saied of repressing political opposition.
