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A Tunisian court has sentenced senior politicians, businessmen, and lawyers to prison terms of up to 66 years on conspiracy and terrorism charges, including leaders of the National Salvation Front, the main opposition coalition. Human rights groups condemned the trial as an effort to suppress dissent, with defense lawyers labeling it a “farce.” President Kais Saied, who has faced criticism for his authoritarian governance and suspended parliament since 2019, continues to assert he is combating a “corrupt elite” despite growing discontent over fundamental rights in Tunisia.
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