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  • 6/21/2025
Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki sentenced to 22 years in absentia

The criminal chamber specializing in terrorism cases at the Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced in absentia the former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki to 22 years in prison, with immediate effect.

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00:00The Criminal Chamber, specialising in terrorism cases at the Tunis Court, sentenced in absentia
00:07the former Tunisian President Monsef Marzouki to 22 years in prison with immediate effect.
00:13The court also handed the same sentence to his former advancer Imad Daimi and former Bar Association
00:20President Abdelazah Kilani.
00:24The ruling announced on Fridays stands from terrorism-related charges, though details
00:28of the case and specific accusations have not yet been disclosed publicly.
00:33All three individuals were tried in absentia and are believed to be outside the country.
00:41According to judicial sources, the Tunis Court of Appeal, through its indictment chamber specialising
00:47in terrorism cases, had previously ordered their referral to the Criminal Chamber of the
00:52Tunis Court of First Instance.
00:53The latter was therefore asked to rule on several accusations related to terrorism offences
01:01without the precise details of the charges being made public at this stage.
01:06The Criminal Chamber, also known as the former
01:10Unidentified Chamber of the Disorders for the Includes Corporation
01:11is about the
01:26of the Unidentified Chamber of the Disorders for the Includes Canal.

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