The Tunisian court decided to postpone the appeal against the decision to release Rachid Ghannouchi, the leader of the En-Nahda movement, and 38 others involved in the deportation of terrorists.
Habib Tarkhani, a spokesman for the Tunisian Court of Appeal, said the prosecution department, which specializes in investigating terrorism cases, has decided to postpone a decision on the prosecutor’s appeal against the decision to retain 39 defendants in the case of the deportation of terrorists to hotbeds of tension. who were released, until 13 October.
The investigating judge for the deportation of terrorists to hotspots previously ruled that a number of the 39 people involved in the investigation, led by Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Tunisian Brotherhood and his deputy, Ali Al-Arayed, should be left in a state of release, a decision that the prosecution has appealed.
And last week, the investigating judge of the Judicial Anti-Terror Field decided to postpone the hearing of Rashid Ghannouchi until November 28 next year and postpone the hearing of Al-Arayed until December 19 next year, while it was decided to keep the Brotherhood, Habib Al-Lauz and Muhammad Fariha. in a state of release with a delay. Listen to them at a later date.
Tunisian security and official sources estimate that around 6,000 Tunisians have traveled to Syria and Iraq over the past decade to join terrorist groups, including ISIS.
Last week, the Tunisian judiciary issued an arrest warrant for Fathi al-Baldi, who was previously appointed interior minister and was in charge of the Brotherhood’s secret apparatus in the ministry of Mehrez al-Zawari, the former director general of specialized services (intelligence) of the interior ministry, and Saif al-Din al-Rais, spokesman for Ansar al-Sharia. Banned and classified as a terrorist organization.
In 2021, a former parliamentarian and member of a parliamentary committee investigating networks involved in recruiting and sending young people to hotbeds of tension, Fatima Al-Masadi filed a deportation claim with the Tunisian judiciary.
In late 2016, Tunisia formed a parliamentary committee to investigate the networks involved in recruiting and sending young people into hotspots around the world to fight in the ranks of terrorist organizations.
Ghannouchi, 81, was summoned on 19 July for interrogation in a money laundering and corruption case.
