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Former Tunisian Parliament Speaker sentenced to one year in prison

16 May 2023 10:56am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 21, 2023, the head of Tunisia's Islamist movement Ennahdha Rached Ghannouchi arrives to a police station in Tunis. A Tunisian court on May 15, 2023 sentenced Rached Ghannouchi, one of the main opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied, to one year in prison on terrorism-related charges, local media reported. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 21, 2023, the head of Tunisia's Islamist movement Ennahdha Rached Ghannouchi arrives to a police station in Tunis. A Tunisian court on May 15, 2023 sentenced Rached Ghannouchi, one of the main opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied, to one year in prison on terrorism-related charges, local media reported. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)

TUNIS, Tunisia - Former Tunisian Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi was sentenced in absentia on Monday to a year in prison in a case brought against him by a security body, rerported Xinhua.

Ghannouchi, head of the Islamist party Ennahdha, was also fined 1,000 Tunisian dinars (US$333) by the Court of First Instance in Tunis, local media reported.

Ghannouchi was accused of calling the security forces "tyrants" during a funeral for one of the leaders of the Ennahda party in 2022, said the reports.

Ghannouchi, 82, who was arrested on the evening of April 17, has been facing a number of charges, including financial corruption, money laundering, terrorism, and assassinations. - BERNAMA-XINHUA

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