Ennahdha condemns "scandalous" sentences in secret apparatus case

Among those convicted is Rached Ghannouchi, head of the movement, who received a life prison sentence, along with several other leaders. In a statement published the same day, the movement described these judgments as "shocking" and "unprecedented in the history of Tunisian justice," and presented its arguments to challenge their legitimacy. The movement noted that the complaint initiating these proceedings did not come from security or judicial services, but from representatives of an opposing political party.

It also highlighted that the main accused, Mustapha Khedher, had already been tried and imprisoned for eight years for the same acts in 2013, when Ennahdha was in power, and that justice had then concluded there was no link between this case and the movement. The party further stated that Rached Ghannouchi was only added to the list of defendants in 2022, not as part of an autonomous judicial investigation, but at the direct request of the Ministry of Justice, which it presented as proof of the political nature of the case. Ennahdha denounced the court's refusal to hold public hearings in the presence of the media, despite repeated requests from the defense.

The movement also contested the credibility of the testimonies used against them, attributing some t