FILE PHOTO: Rached Ghannouchi, head of the Islamist Ennahda party and speaker of an elected parliament that Tunisian President Kais Saied formally dissolved last year, arrives at a court for questioning in Tunis, Tunisia February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo
TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian court sentenced a number of top politicians, former officials and journalists to long prison terms on Wednesday, defence lawyers said, the latest move in what critics say is an attempt to stamp out opposition to President Kais Saied.
Among those sentenced on charges of conspiring against state were Rached Ghannouchi, veteran head of the Islamist-leaning Ennahda party, who was handed a 22-year term, and former Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, who received 35 years.
