Businessman and former MP Ridha Charfeddine was remanded in custody on Friday night for a renewable period of five days, by order of the Economic and Financial Judicial Division’s prosecution, said member of Charfeddine’s defence group Jamel Hajji.
Contacted by TAP on Saturday, Hajji indicated that his client had been informed on Friday that he is wanted in a case related to “financial crimes” dating back to 2021.
This case, which was brought in pursuance of the law on the fight against money laundering, had been dropped in 2021.
However, the case resurfaced when the investigating judge at the Judicial Counter-Terrorism Division decided to keep Ridha Charfeddine at liberty, as part of the so-called plot against State security, he explained.
Ridha Charfeddine was taken into custody on November 10 by virtue of a letter rogatory issued by the investigating judge at the Judicial Counter-Terrorism Division, in the so-called case of plotting against State security.
On November 24, 2023, Charfeddine was interr
ogated by the investigating judge of the Judicial Counter-Terrorism Division and released.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Nabil Ammar, will head the Tunisian delegation participating in the eighth regional forum of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) to be held in Barcelona on November 27. The forum will be devoted to the situation in the Middle East.
The Minister will take this opportunity to reiterate to his counterparts from the member states of the Union for the Mediterranean Tunisia’s principled and firm position in support of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, which are not subject to any statute of limitations, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Nabil Ammar will also call on the countries of the region to assume their political and moral responsibilities and urge them to take effective action to put an end to the attacks by the occupying power, to ensure the uninterrupted flow of urgent humanitarian aid and to lift the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip and the whole of Palestine.
In the margins of this participati
on, the Minister will hold a series of bilateral meetings with the Foreign Ministers of a number of partner countries and with senior officials of international organisations.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse