New cases against Jawher Ben Mbarek and Ghazi Chaouachi referred to courts (Lawyers)

A complaint filed by the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) against Jawher Ben Mbarek has been referred to the Tunis Court of First Instance, defence lawyers for the defendants in the conspiracy against state security case said in a statement on Wednesday evening. The case of Ben Mbarek, who has been under arrest for months in the case of conspiracy against state security, has been referred to the court by the public prosecutor in the above court for comments he made on television, they added. He will be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of Decree 54 of 2022 on combating crimes related to information and communication systems. The defence lawyers also said that the Tunis Court of First Instance had closed the investigation in the case of the complaint filed by the Minister of Justice against politician and lawyer Ghazi Chaouachi. The judge decided to refer Chaouachi to the Indictment Chamber of the Tunis Court of Appeal under Decree No. 2022-54, according to the same statement. J awher Ben Mbarek and Ghazi Chaouachi have been detained for months in the case of conspiracy against state security. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse