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Tunisian police summon opposition leader for questioning -party spokesperson

FILE PHOTO: Islamist Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi gestures outside Judicial Pole of Counter-Terrorism after a Tunisian judge postponed a terrorism hearing against him in Tunis,Tunisia September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui

Tunisian police have summoned the head of the biggest opposition party for questioning, the party said, after arrests this month that targeted critics of President Kais Saied raised concerns over free speech and political rights.

Rached Ghannouchi, head of the Islamist Ennahda party and speaker of an elected parliament that Saied formally dissolved last year, has been asked to present himself at a Tunis police station on Tuesday, said Ennahda spokesperson Zayneb Brahmi.

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