"Tunisian police have arrested top opposition figure Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, his family says, as a crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied widens in the North African country, once a beacon of fledgling democracy in the years after the Arab Spring. Chebbi was arrested at his home on Thursday, days after he was sentenced to 12 years for plotting against the state in a trial denounced by human rights groups as politically motivated and a sham."
"Chebbi the cofounder of the National Salvation Front (FSN), the country's main opposition coalition is among several opposition figures, lawyers and rights advocates targeted for arrest and prosecution in recent weeks. He has been one of the most prominent critics of Saied, who staged a sweeping power grab in 2021, more than a decade after Tunisia overthrew longtime ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during the Arab Spring uprisings. Rights groups have since criticised the president for overseeing a wide-reaching rollback on freedoms."
Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, an 81-year-old opposition leader and cofounder of the National Salvation Front (FSN), was arrested at his home days after receiving a 12-year sentence for plotting against the state. Human rights groups called the trial politically motivated and a sham. The arrests form part of a wider crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied, who seized broad powers in 2021. Dozens of opposition figures received sentences up to 45 years in a so-called conspiracy case. Rights activists and lawyers have been detained and prosecuted in recent weeks. Chebbi said the verdict lacked legal basis and condemned the justice system.
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