Opposition party leader is latest critic of Tunisian president to be arrested

Ennahdha party's Rached Ghannouchi, 81, is at least the 20th person to be held in recent months in crackdown by Kais Saied

Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of the Ennahda political party and one of the main opponents of the Tunisian president, Kais Saied, has been arrested, the latest in a string of opposition figures held.

Ghannouchi, 81, whose party was the largest in parliament before Saied dissolved the chamber in July 2021, was arrested by police at his Tunis home and taken to an unknown location", the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha said in a statement.