Tunisia arrests prominent opposition figure Hammami to enforce 5-year jail term

AL-Monitor
Dec 2, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Tunisian prominent activist, Ayachi Hammami, speaks outside a court in Tunis, Tunisia January 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Tunisian prominent activist, Ayachi Hammami, speaks outside a court in Tunis, Tunisia January 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo — JIHED ABIDELLAOUI

TUNIS, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Tunisian police on Tuesday arrested prominent opposition figure Ayachi Hammami at his home to enforce five-year prison term on a conviction for conspiracy against state security, his family told Reuters.

An appeals court last week handed jail terms of up to 45 years to dozens of opposition leaders including Hammami, business figures and lawyers on charges of conspiracy to overthrow President Kais Saied, in what critics said was a sign of his increasingly authoritarian rule.

(Reporting by Tarek Amara; editing by Mark Heinrich)