TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Influential Tunisian Islamist chief Rached Ghannouchi was transferred to a hospital Tuesday, a day after he was detained and his dwelling and occasion headquarters have been searched, a lawyer who heads an opposition coalition mentioned.
Nejib Chebbi, chatting with The Related Press, mentioned that neither he nor different legal professionals know the rationale for Ghannouchi’s switch to the La Marsa hospital, or his situation. Ghannouchi, head of the Ennahdha occasion, is 82. Chebbi is the president of the Nationwide Salvation Entrance coalition of which Ennahdha is a member.
Ghannouchi is essentially the most outstanding critic of President Kais Saied. He has been detained for questioning various instances previously, however the circumstances of his newest detention recommended that this time was extra severe.
He served as speaker of Tunisia’s parliament till Saied dissolved the physique final July and seized most government powers within the North African nation — a transfer that Ghannouchi and different opponents name a coup.
Police entered Ghannouchi’s home Monday evening for a prolonged search and introduced him to the El Aouina jail within the east of the capital. Throughout a information convention shortly thereafter, Ennahdha officers mentioned three different leaders of the reasonable Islamist occasion had been arrested. Police evacuated and searched the occasion headquarters.
Police additionally surrounded the places of work of the Nationwide Salvation Entrance, stopping occasion officers from holding a information convention on the circumstances surrounding Ghannouchi’s detention.
“What’s taking place is the deterioration of freedoms within the nation,” Chebbi advised AP.