Jailed Tunisian politician Ayachi Zammel, who had challenged the president in recent elections, has received more prison time, his lawyer said Tuesday, taking the cumulative sentences against him ...

TUNIS - Jailed Tunisian presidential challenger Ayachi Zammel received more prison time on Monday, his lawyer said, bringing the cumulative sentences against him to more than 20 years. Zammel ...

Last month, for the first time in 14 years, Tunisia held a sham presidential election, marked by extensive manipulation and repression. The incumbent, President Kais Saied, announced that he had won ...

"The court in Tunis sentenced Ayachi Zammel to 12 years in prison in four cases" related to voter endorsements, lawyer Abdessater Messoudi told AFP. Messoudi said Zammel "remains a candidate in ...

Tunisian President Kais Saied has officially begun his second term after a decisive victory in the country’s October 6 ...

His closest challenger, businessman Ayachi Zammel, won 7.4% of the vote after sitting in prison for the majority of campaign season facing multiple prison sentences for election-related crimes.

His victory had been widely expected. Saied’s closest challenger, Ayachi Zammel, won 7% of the vote, but had been sentenced to 12 years in prison five days before the poll for allegedly ...

The sole opposition candidate, Ayachi Zammel, only stayed on the ballot because he was sentenced after this candidacy was approved. He received his third sentence of the campaign, 12 years in jail ...

Taken December 10, 2022. [AFP] A Tunisian court on Wednesday remanded in custody presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel pending an investigation into suspicions of forging ballot signatures ...

Serious challengers to Saied, who took office in 2019, were excluded. Saied's only two rivals in the vote were Ayachi Zammel, a liberal politician, who is in prison in connection to electoral ...

Tunisian President Kais Saied was inaugurated for a second term on Tuesday, after winning the election with more than 90 per ...