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Tunisian opposition party leader questioned by authorities

The leader of Tunisia’s main opposition party has been questioned by the country’s counterterrorism unit Tuesday on suspicion of money laundering and terrorist financing through an association charity

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022

Tunisian judge lets Rached Ghannouchi leave after court hearing

Opposition leader faces money-laundering allegations amid sweeping power grab by President Kais Saied.

Al Jazeera · Jul 19, 2022

Tunisian judge lets Islamist leader go after hearing

Tunisia's Islamist movement leader Rached Ghannouchi was allowed to return home after a court hearing on Tuesday in a money laundering investigation that his Ennahda party rejects as a political ploy.

Reuters · Jul 19, 2022

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Tunisia’s Ghannouchi Investigated on Terrorism Charges

The leader of Tunisia’s main opposition party is due to be questioned by the country’s anti-terrorism unit on Tuesday on suspicion of money laundering and terrorist financing through an association charity. The accused, Rached Ghannouchi, was among a dozen top Ennahdha party officials whose bank accounts the north African country’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 18, 2022

Tunisia's Islamist who went from kingmaker to opposition

Tunisia's Rached Ghannouchi is coming full circle.

Reuters · Jul 15, 2022

Tunisia's Islamist leader says president moving country towards dictatorship

Tunisia's president is using a referendum on a new constitution to move back towards dictatorship, the head of the biggest Tunisian opposition party, the Islamist Ennahda, warned on Friday.

Reuters · Jul 15, 2022

Tunisia's Islamists decry asset freezes as political move

Tunisia’s influential Islamist movement Ennahdha is strong disputing accusations of money laundering and terrorism financing after the country’s central bank froze the bank accounts of a dozen top party officials

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2022

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Tunisia’s Ghannouchi Faces Money Laundering Allegations

Tunisia's main opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been summoned by a judge over money laundering allegations, his Ennahda party said on Wednesday, accusing the authorities of targeting him for political reasons. The July 19 summons is to answer questions about the allegations, which Ennahda say are untrue and a result…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 7, 2022

Tunisian opposition leader faces money laundering allegations

Tunisia's main opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been summoned to stand before an investigative judge on July 19 over money laundering allegations, a member of his Ennahda party said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Jul 6, 2022

Tunisia freeze bank accounts of head of Ennahda party Ghannouchi and former PM Jebali

Tunisia's anti-terrorism judge ordered a freeze on bank accounts and financial assets of ten people, including Rached Ghannouchi, head of the Islamist Ennahda Party, and former Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, a Financial Analysis committee official told Reuters on Tuesday.

Reuters · Jul 5, 2022

Tunisia: Ennahda leader Ghannouchi decries state of ‘tyranny’

Rached Ghannouchi says his party and allies will continue to work against the ‘coup’ and attacks on the constitution.

Al Jazeera · Jun 5, 2022

Tunisian Judiciary Accuses Ghannouchi of Attacking State Security

Fatima Bouqtaya, spokeswoman for the court in the Tunis suburb of Ariana, said that the charges facing Rached Ghannouchi, the speaker of Tunisia’s now-dissolved parliament, involve breaching and attacking state security. The Tunisian court has imposed a travel ban on Ghannouchi and 33 other individuals as part of an inquiry…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 2, 2022

Tunisian judge issues travel ban against Ennahda party leader - official

A Tunisian judge has issued a travel ban on Friday against several people including Islamist Ennahda party Leader Rached Ghannouchi, a judicial official told Reuters.

Reuters · May 27, 2022

Tunisians protesters accuse president of 'failed dictatorship'

Tunisians on Sunday protested against President Kais Saied, accusing him of imposing one-man rule in the North African country after he dissolved parliament last month.

Reuters · Apr 10, 2022

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Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 6, 2022

Tunisia Calls Erdogan Comments on President’s Decree Unacceptable Interference

Tunisia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that comments by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tunisia's leader dissolving parliament was "an unacceptable interference" in internal affairs. On Monday, Erdogan criticized President Kais Saied's decree dissolving parliament last week as a "smearing of democracy" and a blow to the will of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 2, 2022

Tunisia Probes Ghannouchi for 'Conspiracy'

The speaker of Tunisia's dissolved parliament was questioned Friday over allegations of "conspiracy against state security", after lawmakers met online in defiance of President Kais Saied. Rached Ghannouchi, the 81-year-old speaker who also heads Ennahdha party, attended in response to Thursday's summons from judicial authorities of the anti-terrorism unit, the…

Al Jazeera · Apr 1, 2022

Tunisia: Crisis deepens as opp’n leaders summoned for questioning

Parliamentary speaker Rached Ghannouchi among those questioned over a parliament session held online.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 1, 2022

Tunisia President Says There Will Be No Single Way to Resolve Political Crisis

Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Friday after a meeting with the head of Tunisia's powerful labor union that there would be no single way to resolve Tunisia's political crisis. Saied added that he refused to hold talks with those who tried to overthrow the state and "those who plundered…

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Reuters · Apr 1, 2022

Tunisia crisis escalates as police summon opposition figures

Tunisian anti-terrorism police summoned the country's main opposition figure for questioning on Friday, as a political crisis deepens in the wake of President Kais Saied's move to dissolve parliament and impose one-man rule.

Reuters · Apr 1, 2022

Tunisia's Ghannouchi says he has been summoned for questioning

Tunisian anti-terrorism police have summoned for questioning Rached Ghannouchi, head of the Islamist Ennahda party and speaker of the parliament which President Kais Saied dissolved this week, Ghannouchi said on Friday.

Reuters · Mar 31, 2022

Tunisia's Ennahda rejects dissolution of parliament, will boycott referendum

Tunisia's main opposition party, the Islamist Ennahda, rejects President Kais Saied's move to dissolve parliament and it will boycott any referendum he calls to restructure the political system unilaterally, its leader said.

Reuters · Mar 31, 2022

Tunisia's Ghannouchi says 20 MPs under investigation after online session

At least 20 members of Tunisia's parliament who took part in an online session in defiance of President Kais Saied have been summoned by an anti-terrorism unit for investigation, the parliament speaker said on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 31, 2022

Tunisia’s President Dissolves Suspended Parliament

Tunisian President Kais Saied dissolved parliament on Wednesday, months after suspending it. Following a meeting with the national security council, Saied announced that he had ordered the Minister of Justice to call on the attorney general to take action after the virtual plenary session of the suspended parliament. Despite the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 30, 2022

Tunisian Parties Call For Dissolution of Parliament, Withdrawal of Confidence from Speaker

The Free Destourian Party urged President Kais Saeid to take urgent action to dissolve the parliament and call on lawmakers to sign a petition to withdraw confidence from Speaker Rached Ghannouchi. On Monday, the parliament office announced that the parliament was going to hold its plenary sessions, in defiance of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 30, 2022

Tunisia's Saied Condemns Parliament Sessions as 'Illegal'

President Kais Saied has condemned "illegal" meetings of Tunisia's parliament which he suspended last July, saying those responsible for the planned virtual sessions were trying to sow chaos. The North African country is in the throes of a deep political and economic crisis which took a dramatic turn last July…

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