Tunisia's top court confirms long prison terms for opposition leaders
Tunisia's Cassation Court upheld prison sentences of up to 45 years for opposition leaders, lawyers, and businessmen convicted of conspiracy, a ruling that cannot be appealed. The opposition says the decision reinforces President Kais Saied's authoritarian rule, while the government maintains the judiciary is independent. Forty people were charged, with twenty sentenced in absentia after fleeing abroad.
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