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A new organisation has been formed in solidarity with Tunisia’s detained former Speaker of Parliament, 82-year-old Rached Ghannouchi, one year after he was imprisoned by the government of current President Kais Saied. The formation of International Committee for Solidarity with Rached Ghannouchi was announced on Wednesday. The committee said that the former parliamentary speaker, who also chairs the moderate Islamist Ennahdha party was “unjustly detained at his home” and “taken to an unknown location, denied access to a lawyer, and subjected to a lengthy and degrading interrogation”. Ghannouch…

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