Tunisian opposition leader Chebbi arrested as crackdown escalates


Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, head of the National Salvation Front, speaks during a news conference in Tunis, Tunisia February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui

TUNIS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Tunisian police on Thursday arrested top opposition figure Nejib Chebbi to enforce a 12-year jail term on a conviction for conspiracy, his family said, the latest sign of an escalating crackdown on political dissent by President Kais Saied.

Chebbi, 82, has been a prominent opposition figure since the 1970s, throughout the autocratic presidencies of Habib Bourguiba, the country's first leader, and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was toppled in the 2011 pro-democracy uprising.

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