Tunisian rights activist accuses authorities of committing “slow assassination” of Ghannouchi – Middle East Monitor

Prominent Tunisian human rights activist Kamel Jendoubi has criticized the harsh prison sentences issued last week against opponents including leader of Tunisia’s Nahda party, Rached Ghannouchi, accusing them of committing “slow- motion assassination” against the 84-year-old man suffering from Parkinson’s disease. 

On 8 July, Tunis’s primary court issued new prison sentences in the so-called “Conspiracy Case 2”, with rulings ranging between 12 and…