TUNIS, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Former Tunisian Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi was sentenced in absentia on Monday to a year in prison in a case brought against him by a security body.
Ghannouchi, head of the Islamist party Ennahdha, was also fined 1,000 Tunisian dinars (333 U.S. dollars) by the Court of First Instance in Tunis, local media reported.
Ghannouchi was accused of calling the security forces "tyrants" during a funeral for one of the leaders of the Ennahda party in 2022, said the reports.
Ghannouchi, 82, who was arrested on the evening of April 17, has been facing a number of charges, including financial corruption, money laundering, terrorism, and assassinations. ■
