Tunisian presidential candidate jailed for 12 years
Tunisian Presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel was sentenced to 12 years in Prison on October 1st, amid growing anger at President Kais Saied over allegations of using the judiciary to silence opposition, report the Arab News via Reuters.
Zammel has already had two other prison sentenced imposed in him in the last fortnight after being arrested twice at the start of last month, and he is one of just two candidates permitted to stand against Saied in the October 6th election.
A mix of opposition and civil society groups have called for a mass protest on October 5th against what they say is Saied’s authoritarianism, and said they would continue escalation and demonstrations.
Reuters
