Ennahdha celebration calls mass arrests an ‘unprecedented project of raids and infractions’ before October 6 survey.
Published On 14 Sep 2024
At least 80 members of Tunisia’s biggest opposition celebration Ennahdha haveactually been jailed, celebration authorities stated, as thousands took to the streets to demonstration versus President Kais Saied ahead of the governmental election.
As the project season officially starts on Saturday, opposition celebrations, politicalleaders and human rights groups are implicating Saied’s administration of utilizing “arbitrary constraints” and intimidation to safeandsecure his re-election in the October 6 survey.
Ennahdha – which was the biggest celebration in parliament before Saied liquified the chamber in July 2021 – had counted at least 80 arrests and was in the procedure of validating at least 116 in overall, consistingof 6 females, Latifa Habbechi, a attorney of the celebration stated on Friday.
In a post on social media platform X, Yusra Ghannouchi, child of apprehended Ennahdha leader and co-founder Rached Ghannouchi, stated more than 100 celebration members were apprehended, consistingof an activist in her 70s.
In a declaration, Ennahdha called the arrests “an extraordinary project of raids and infractions of the most standard rights ensured by law”.
Former Minister of Youth and Sports Ahmed Gaaloul, a member of the celebration’s executive committee, stated the arrests consistedof high-ranking celebration authorities.
The mass arrests are the newest to mar an already rough election season in Tunisia, which Saied guidelines togetherwith a weak-mandate parliament chosen by simply 11 percen