Tunisia’s opposition Ennahdha party has slammed a court sentencing its leader Rached Ghannouchi to an additional 22 years in prison, saying the charges were “a blatant assault on the independence and impartiality of the judiciary and a blatant politicisation of its procedures and rulings”.
Ennahdha issued a statement on Thursday saying the proceedings were marred by “innumerable violations” and the case against Ghannouchi was “nothing more than a political trial”.
