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A criminal chamber specialized in terrorism cases in Tunisia issued, on Friday evening, initial judgments ranging from 18 to 36 years of imprisonment against eight defendants in what is known as the “travel facilitation” case (facilitating travel to conflict zones), including a 34-year prison sentence for former Prime Minister and Vice President of the Ennahda Movement, Ali Larayedh.
According to the Tunis Afrique Presse agency, citing the first assistant to the public prosecutor at the Judicial Pole for Combating Terrorism, those sentenced, all of whom will be subjected to five years of administrative surveillance, include notably the former Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Ali Larayedh, the former head of the Aircraft Protection Brigade, and security officials.
The defendants, referred to this criminal chamber in January 2024, face several charges, including using Tunisian territory to commit terrorist crimes against a foreign country and its citizens, using the territory of the Republic to send individuals to commit terrorist crimes outside Tunisian territory, assisting in the departure from Tunisian territory legally or clandestinely with the intent to commit terrorist crimes, and inciting travel outside Tunisian territory to commit terrorist crimes.
