FILE PHOTO: Tunisia's President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali takes the oath at the national assembly in Tunis in this November 12, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali has been hospitalised for "a health crisis" in Saudi Arabia, where he has lived in exile since the revolution of 2011, his lawyer Mounir Ben Salha said by phone.
On Sunday, Tunisia will hold a free presidential election as it continues the path of democratisation begun after mass protests drove Ben Ali from power in 2011, triggering the "Arab Spring" uprisings.
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