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The Specialized Criminal Chamber for Terrorism Cases at the Court of Appeal in Tunis issued final verdicts early this Friday against a number of opposition leaders in the case known as "conspiracy against state security," after marathon sessions that lasted for long hours.
According to what the Tunisian Africa News Agency نقلته from a judicial source, the sentences issued against the detained defendants ranged from 10 to 45 years in prison, while the court ruled not to hear the case against another defendant who was also under arrest. As for those being prosecuted while at liberty, prison sentences ranging from 5 to 35 years were issued against them, with the charges being dropped against two of them. The court also upheld the initial sentences issued against the fugitive defendants, which were estimated at 33 years in prison with immediate execution, with the increase of the sentence to 43 years for some of them. Some rulings also included financial penalties of varying amounts, in addition to the seizure of funds deposited in the private bank accounts of a number of defendants within Tunisian financial institutions.
