Rached Ghannouchi was the standard bearer of a political Islam that had made peace with democracy, but in the 2010s he gradually transitioned to a second phase, which is reflected in his most ...

The International Committee for Solidarity with Rached Ghannouchi called for the immediate release of the imprisoned Ennahdha party leader and former speaker of Tunisia’s parliament.

Allies say Ghannouchi ‘unjustly’ held, as he marks 2 years in Tunisian jail. International Committee for Solidarity with Rached Ghannouchi decries ‘repressive campaign’ against Ennahdha ...

Ghannouchi’s son-in-law Rafik Abdessalem, a former foreign minister, was sentenced to three years in jail as well. Ennahda rejected the accusations against the party, Ghannouchi and Abdessalem ...

Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi began a hunger strike in prison on Monday, joining other government critics striking to protest what they see as unjust incarceration. Imed Khemiri ...

Rached Ghannouchi is leader of the Muslim democratic Ennahda (Renaissance) Party, and elected speaker of the Assembly of People’s Representatives, the Tunisian parliament, since 2019.

Supporters of Ennahdha leader Rached Ghannouchi demonstrate in front of the Anti-Terrorism Judicial Pole, in Tunis, Tunisia, Feb. 21, 2023 (photo by Yassine Mahjoub for NurPhoto via AP). Click to ...

Influential Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi was detained Monday after a police search, according to his lawyer, in a move denounced by his supporters as a stepped-up effort by the ...

Rached Ghannouchi, an influential Islamist leader, was arrested on Monday. A Tunisian judge ordered that Ghannouchi remain in custody after his party denounced his imprisonment.

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A court has sentenced moderate Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi to a year in prison for allegedly referring to police officers as tyrants in what his party said ...

The leader of Tunisian opposition party Ennahdha, Rached Ghannouchi, 82, had his jail sentence on terrorism-related charges raised to 15 months on appeal, his party said in a statement on Tuesday.An ...

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 ...