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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia’s Ghannouchi in Court Again for Incitement against Police

The head of Tunisia's Islamist movement Ennahdha Rached Ghannouchi greets supporters upon arrival to a police station in Tunis ,on February 21, 2023, in compliance to the summons of an investigating judge. (AFP)

Rached Ghannouchi, Tunisia's former parliament speaker, appeared before an investigative judge on Tuesday to be questioned on suspicion of incitement against the police, which he and his Ennahda party deny.

Ghannouchi's lawyer said the accusation was based on a complaint by police about a speech he gave last year at the funeral of a party member, saying the deceased "did not fear a ruler or a tyrant, he only feared God".

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