On February 6, 2013, the assassination of Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid, who was a fervent opponent of the ruling party Ennahda, took place in his car outside of his residence.
Regarding the 2013 assassination of Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid, the deputy public prosecutor of the anti-terrorist judiciary division claimed that four persons had received death sentences and two others had been given life sentences.
In relation to the communist Belaid’s murder, 23 persons have been charged in all.
Some offenders received sentences ranging from two to 120 years, while five were found not guilty.
On February 6, 2013, Belaid, a ferocious opponent of the then-ruling party Ennahda, was assassinated in his automobile outside of his residence.
Despite a de facto moratorium that was declared in 1991, Tunisia continues to execute people, frequently in situations involving terrorism.
Six months later, the assassinations of Mohamed Brahmi, another prominent member of the left-wing opposition, and Belaid were both attributed to terrorists loyal to Daesh.
In 2014, the authorities declared that the primary offender in the Belaid case, Kamel Gadhgadhi, had been eliminated during an anti-terrorist operation.
Both Belaid and Brahmi were ardent opponents of Ennahda, the political party that ruled Tunisia with a majority in the parliament for ten years after the uprising there in 2011.
After President Kais Saied assumed office in July 2021, the party’s political influence came to an end.
SOURCE: TRTWORLD
