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Tunisia’s Court Upholds Up to 45-Year Sentences for 40 Opposition

9/4/2026

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Tunisia’s Court of Cassation upheld prison sentences of up to 45 years for 40 opposition figures, lawyers and businessmen.
The ruling ends three-year proceedings and cannot be appealed.
Twenty defendants fled abroad and were sentenced in absentia.
National Salvation Front leader Najib Chebbi received a 12-year term.
Ghazi Chaouachi, Issam Chebbi, Jawhar Ben Mbarek and Ridha Belhaj each received 20-year terms; Noureddine Bhiri received 10 years.

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Story summary

Tunisia’s Court of Cassation upheld prison sentences of up to 45 years for 40 opposition figures, lawyers and businessmen.
The ruling ends three-year proceedings and cannot be appealed.
Twenty defendants fled abroad and were sentenced in absentia.
National Salvation Front leader Najib Chebbi received a 12-year term.
Ghazi Chaouachi, Issam Chebbi, Jawhar Ben Mbarek and Ridha Belhaj each received 20-year terms; Noureddine Bhiri received 10 years.