Dozens of defendants found guilty of “conspiracy against state security” and given sentences of 13 to 66 years.
In Tunisia, 40 opposition figures, including prominent politicians and a former justice minister, received prison sentences of 13 to 66 years on charges of “conspiracy against state security” and terrorism, which critics claim are politically motivated under President Kais Saied’s authoritarian regime. The trial, criticized as a farce by defense lawyers, has seen some defendants sentenced in absentia, including intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy. Saied, who consolidated power in 2021, has faced accusations of suppressing dissent and orchestrating a coup against democratic structures.
