Former Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh, also the deputy head of the Ennahda Movement, was sentenced to 34 years in prison on terrorism-related charges, according to media reports. He and eight other defendants faced accusations of aiding the formation of a terror organization, joining such a group in Tunisia, and facilitating the travel of Tunisian youth to join terror groups, as part of the “human trafficking trial.” Sentences for all defendants ranged from 18 to 36 years for allegedly trafficking individuals to regions where the Daesh/ISIS terror group is active.
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