Former Tunisian PM handed 34-year sentence, rejects ‘terrorism’ charges | Politics News

Former Prime Minister Ali Larayedh and the opposition Ennahdha party have denounced the trial as politically motivated.

A Tunisian court has sentenced former Prime Minister Ali Larayedh to 34 years in prison over accusations he facilitated the departure of fighters to Syria – a charge the opposition figure strongly denies.

“I was neither sympathetic, nor complicit, nor neutral, nor lenient towards violence, terrorism,” Larayedh told the judge on Friday, rejecting what he and his…