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Tunisian judge orders jail for Ennahda party leader Ghannouchi

FILE PHOTO: Rached Ghannouchi, the head of Islamist Ennahda party and former speaker of the parliament, during an interview with Reuters at his office in Tunis, Tunisia, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

A Tunisian investigative judge ordered on Thursday the imprisonment of the leader of Ennahda party Rached Ghannouchi, the prominent critic of President Kais Saied, the politician's lawyer told Reuters.

The move against Ghannouchi, who was arrested on Sunday, came on suspicion of plotting against internal state security,‮ ‬after an investigation that lasted eight hours, she added.

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