A Tunisian court has sentenced prominent opposition leader Abir Moussi to 12 years in prison amid a sweeping crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied, who has said he is cleansing the North African country of “traitors.”
Lawyer Nafaa Laribi, who represented Moussi, the leader of the Free Destourian Party (Free Constitutional Party), in her third trial in the space of two years, called Friday’s ruling “unjust,” saying that it was “not a judicial decision but a politically motivated order.”
In a statement released before the verdict, the Free Destourian Party condemned “the injustice suffered by the party’s president, Abir Moussi, who has been arbitrarily detained since October 3, 2023.”
Her party has organized protests against President Saied, who came to power in 2019, shutting down the elected parliament in 2021 and moving to rule by decree.
The opposition leader was imprisoned in 2023 after police arrested her at the presidential palace entrance on suspicion of assault intended to cause chaos, amid a broader crackdown on journalists, activists, civil society groups, and opposition leaders.
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Tunisia Sentences Opposition Leader Abir Moussi to 12 Years in Jail
12/12/2025
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