1 day ago · Rached Ghannouchi, head of Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party, delivers his speech in Sfax on June 5, 2022 during a ceremony celebrating the 41st anniversary of the founding of the party.

Rached Ghannouchi (Arabic: راشد الغنوشي, romanized: Rāshid al-Ghannūshī; born 22 June 1941 [1]), also spelled Rachid al-Ghannouchi or Rached el-Ghannouchi, is a Tunisian politician, [2] the co-founder of the Ennahdha Party and serving as its intellectual leader. [3]

1 day ago · A Tunisian court on Wednesday handed a lengthy new prison term to Rached Ghannouchi, the jailed head of the country's leading opposition party and once the main rival of President Kais Saied.. Ghannouchi, who has been behind bars since April 2023, was sentenced to an additional 22 years in prison on a slew of charges, including "plotting against state security", lawyers told AFP.

12 hours ago · Ghannouchi was arrested in April 2023 and sentenced to one year in prison on charges of incitement. The 83-year-old has been the main rival of President Kais Saied. The 83-year-old has been the ...

Rached Ghannouchi, Tunisian political activist and cofounder of Ennahda. His political activity resulted in his imprisonment and exile. After the 2011 revolution, he returned to Tunisia, where he and Ennahda became leading voices in the political transition.

Feb 1, 2024 · A Tunisian court has sentenced opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi to three years in prison over accusations that his Ennahda Party received foreign contributions, official news agency Tunis ...

Feb 1, 2024 · A Tunisian judge on Thursday sentenced opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, to three year in prison on charges of accepting external financing, his lawyer...

Apr 20, 2023 · Rached Ghannouchi is the highest-profile figure to be arrested in Tunisia as President Saied tightens his grip on power.

Oct 31, 2023 · The leader of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting terrorism and inciting hatred in the North African country. The Court of Appeal in the capital, Tunis, pronounced the sentence against the Ennahdha leader Rached Ghannouchi late Monday. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)

Apr 23, 2023 · Ghannouchi, who held no elected office at the time, defied many in his party to reach a power-sharing agreement with the main leader of the secular opposition.