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Ennahda official Haruni freed in Tunisia after more than three years in detention
Abdelkarim Haruni, president of the Ennahda Movement’s Shura Council, was released in Tunisia on Saturday after spending more than three years in prison. The Court of Appeal upheld his two-year sentence in a financial corruption case, and Haruni was freed after completing his term.
Abdelkarim Haruni, president of the Ennahda Movement’s Shura Council, was released in Tunisia on Saturday after more than three years in prison.
His release came after the Court of Appeal upheld the two-year prison sentence handed down to Haruni in a financial corruption case. The Ennahda Movement said Haruni was freed after completing his sentence.
Ennahda calls for the release of political detainees
The movement celebrated Haruni’s release and praised his stance in the face of prison conditions and the hardships he experienced. Ennahda also called for the immediate release of all political detainees, the restoration of the rights it said had been taken away from them along with their freedoms, and an end to the hardships faced by their families.
Sentences handed down to other defendants
The case in which Haruni was tried involved commercial transactions between an airline owned by businessman Mohamed Friha and a state-owned oil company.
The court also upheld a seven-year prison sentence for Mohamed Friha and the six-year prison sentences handed down to former executives of the state-owned oil company in the same case. All the defendants were also fined.
Haruni’s arrest
Tunisian authorities arrested Haruni in September 2023, hours before a meeting of the Ennahda Movement’s Shura Council was due to begin. Haruni had been under house arrest before his detention.
Haruni has served as president of the Ennahda Movement’s Shura Council since July 2016. He also served as transport minister from 2011 to 2014 in governments formed after the Tunisian Revolution.
Ongoing cases against Ennahda officials
Ennahda Movement leader Rached Ghannouchi, former head of government Ali Laarayedh, the movement’s acting president Monther Oueslati, former Justice Minister Noureddine Bhiri and the movement’s secretary-general Ajmi Lourimi have also been held in Tunisian prisons for years.
The Ennahda Movement argues that the legal proceedings against its officials are politically motivated. Tunisian authorities, however, say the judiciary is independent and reject the claim that people are being detained because of their political views.
Source: Anadolu Ajansı
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