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Jailed Tunisian politician Ayachi Zammel, who had challenged the president in recent elections, has received more prison time, his lawyer said Tuesday, taking the cumulative sentences against him to more than 30 years. Zammel, one of only two candidates allowed to run against President Kais Saied earlier this month, was arrested in early September, on the same day that electoral authorities had approved his candidacy. A court in the central city of Kairouan sentenced Zammel late Monday to five more years behind bars over falsified ballot endorsements for the 6 October election, said lawyer Abd…

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