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Tunisia Police Arrest Journalist Close to Ennahda Party

Head of the Ennahda party, Rached al-Ghannouchi. (AFP)

Tunisian police arrested head of a news website close to Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party over alleged links to a company accused of conspiring against the state, reported AFP on Friday.

Lotfi Hidouri, editor-in-chief of Achahed, was placed in custody on Thursday night over financial dealings between a firm which finances his site and Instalingo, a digital content provider, his lawyer Samir Ben Amor told the news agency.

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