Tunisia’s police forces arrested Thursday ex-Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali in the city of Sousse without providing details. Jebali, according to his team of lawyers, would not answer the investigators’ questions, deeming his arrest is politically motivated. Jebali, also a former leader of the Islamist Ennahda Party, began a hunger strike after his arrest on suspicion of money laundering. His family said it would hold President Kais Saied responsible if anything happens to the former politician because of the hunger strike. According to the private Tunisian radio Mosaïque FM, Hamadi Jebali was taken into custody by the anti-terrorist unit of Tunis for “suspicions of money laundering”.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 24, 2022 13:20 UTC