Tunisia's Islamist leader Ghannouchi released after 'money-laundering' trialThe speaker of Tunisia's dissolved parliament and arch-rival of President Kais Saied was released late Thursday, his lawyer said, after standing trial for a case involving money-laundering and "incitement to violence". Rached Ghannouchi, who also heads the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party that dominated Tunisian politics for a decade until Saied staged a power grab in mid-2021, was previously questioned on the case in July.
Other Ennahdha members are also facing prosecution over suspicious transactions involving Instalingo, a digital content production firm.
The company has been under investigation since last year for allegedly "plotting against state security" and inciting violence.
After a 14-hour hearing, the investigating judge released Ghannouchi, said his lawyer Sami Triki,
adding that no date for the next hearing has been set yet.
