A mass trial will resume in Tunisia of more than 40 people accused of several conspiracies against the Tunisian State and its president, Kais Saied.
The trial, originally scheduled to begin on March 4, was postponed until April 11, then delayed again for a week.
Among the accused are some of the most important politicians, diplomats and personalities in the country than Let’s say the charges, including the link with “foreign powers” to undermine Saied’s government, They are overcome And a symbol of the democratic recoil of Tunisia.
Almost all the defendants face Leghy prison sentences or the death penalty.
Executions have effectively suspended in Tunisia since 1991, although the judges transmit the sentence.
Would some of the defendants be convicted of death in this case? And would such prayer be implemented?
Let’s take a closer look.
Is the death penalty still as punishment in Tunisia?
The death penalty remains a legal judgment AV by the judges, but has not been carried out since 1991, establishing a de facto moratorium of Die.
The 2014 Constitution performs specific subsidies for legal executions, but Tunisia has constantly supported the United Nations efforts to establish a global moratorium on the use of the death penalty since 2012.
However, he has not abolished the death penalty.
Have people been sentenced to death in Tunisia?
While the last person to be executed in Tunisia was the “butcher of Nebeul”, the serial killer was born Damergi, who was hanged in 1991, the sanction continues to appear in the legislation and sentences.
As recent as February of this year, eight individuals were sentenced to death for the murder of the opposition of 2013, Mohammed Brahmi, while, in March 2024, four received death sentences for killing the same from another politician.
In 2022, 16 people accused of being members of ISIL (ISIS) were sentenced to death for their part in the 2016 attack against the city of the southern desert of Ben Guerdane, who killed seven civilians and 13 members of the security forces.
Similarly, in January 2020, a Tunisian court condemned eight people to death for their participation in the 2015 suicide bombardment of a presidential guard bus in Tunisia, which killed 12 presidential guards and injured 20.
Some of the defendants of ‘Case of Conspiracy’ face the death penalty?
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If they are guilty, they would face the death penalty.
Another accused accused of trying to change the nature of the State is the former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri, whose accusation is based on a series of publications on social networks that has allegedly self -state.
Other charges against the defendants include conspiring against state security and belonging to a “terrorist” group, both or that are capital crimes.
What is President Saied’s attitude towards the death penalty?
He supports him.
Duration The first presidential fans of 2019, Kais stayed easily admitted his support for the death penalty, provided that it was carried out after due process.
In 2020, responding to popular indignation after the brutal murder of Rahma Lahmar, 29, went back to the subject, counting his security council, “the murder is worth the death.”
However, although Saied conforms to public support for penalty, it is important to take into account that it has not yet supervised its implementation, high -range purges or their political opponents and critics.