A Tunisian court on Friday imposed a travel ban on the leader of the dissolved parliament and the Islamo-conservative Ennahdha party, Rached Ghannouchi, as part of an investigation into obstruction of justice in connection with the 2013 assassinations of two opponents, a Tunisian court said. said a court spokeswoman.
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This measure was imposed against “34 suspects in this case, including Rached Ghannouchi”told AFP Fatima Bouqtaya, spokesperson for the Ariana court in the suburbs of Tunis.
Tunisian justice opened an investigation in January against these suspects for “concealment of information” in connection with the assassinations of left-wing activists Chokri Belaid and Mohamed Brahimi in 2013. Their defense committee accuses Ennahdha of being involved in these murders.
Rached Ghannouchi, 81, is a virulent critic of the coup by President Kais Saied who assumed full powers in July 2021 by suspending the Parliament dominated by Ennahdha before dissolving it, and by dismissing the Prime Minister.