Ghannouchi’s daughter Yusra said on Twitter that her father had been arrested during a raid on his home after the opposition leader was previously summoned by police over “laughable fabricated charges”.
“My father had willingly gone to the numerous interrogations for which he was summoned by the coup’s in-justice system for laughable fabricated charges, but Saied chose to order the raiding of his house & his arrest after Sunset on the holiest night of the month of Ramadan,” Yusra said on Twitter.
The Ennahda party also condemned the arrest, saying it was a “very dangerous development” and called for his immediate release.
Ghannouchi is the highest-profile and latest member of the Ennahda party to be arrested by Tunisian police.
In February, senior Ennahda party leader Said Ferjani was detained, and Ali Laarayedh – the country’s former prime minister – has been detained since December 2022.
Police have this year detained leading political figures in Tunisia who oppose President Kais Saied, including other senior figures from Ennahda, which identifies itself as a Muslim democratic party.
In the past month, about 30 political activists, judges, lawyers, and the head of a radio station have been arrested and accused of conspiring against national security. Amnesty International has described the crackdown as a “politically motivated witch hunt”.
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