Tunisia: Police raid opposition party office, arrest leader
24 April 2023 |
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Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Ennahda party and a prominent critic of Tunisian president Kais Saied, has been arrested, becoming the latest in a series of opposition figures detained.
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