A Tunisian judge has opened a new investigation into political figures including major opponents of President Kais Saied on suspicion of conspiring against state security, a lawyer for one of them said.
The case comes after a wave of arrests of opposition figures over recent months that Saied’s critics have attacked as a political clampdown, which he denies, and may spur fears of more detentions.
The 20 people accused in the new case include the main opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, who is already in prison, former prime minister Youssef Chahed and Saied’s former chief of staff Nadia Akacha, said the lawyer, Nadia Chouachi.
The list also includes a former mayor of a Tunis district, a former military officer and a freelance journalist, Chouachi said.
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