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Tunisian court dismisses appeal to release presidential candidate
« on: September 14, 2019, 01:01:08 PM »
Tunisian court dismisses appeal to release presidential candidate

Tunisian court dismisses appeal to release presidential candidate

A Tunisian appeals court on Friday rejected a request by presidential candidate Nabil Karoui to be released from detention pending the verdict in his trial for tax fraud and money laundering, his lawyer said.


“He will remain in prison,” the media mogul’s lawyer Kamel Ben Massoud told Reuters. Karoui denies wrongdoing and says the case is politically motivated.


He is one of 26 candidates contesting Sunday’s first-round vote in the presidential election, with a run-off between the two who get most votes scheduled to take place by Oct.


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