TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian court sentenced presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel to six months in prison on Wednesday on charges of falsifying documents, his lawyer told Reuters, the second prison sentence against him in a week, days before the presidential election. Zammel was sentenced to 20 months in prison last week on charges of falsifying […]
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TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian court sentenced presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel to six months in prison on Wednesday on charges of falsifying documents, his lawyer told Reuters, the second prison sentence against him in a week, days before the presidential election.
Zammel was sentenced to 20 months in prison last week on charges of falsifying popular endorsements.
(Reporting by Tarek Amara; Editing by Mark Porter)