Ben Ali convicted for inciting murder

Tunisia’s ex-president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali gets 20 years for inciting violence and murder. Tunisian politician Ben Ali, who is exiled in Saudi Arabia, was officially found guilty of ‘ inciting disorder, murder and looting. ‘

The case involves the death of 4 protesters, who were shot by police in the coastal town of Wardanein, as they was trying to prevent Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali (currently in jail in Tunisia) from fleeing on January 2011 a day after the president left the country. The government imposed an nocturnal police control in 8 areas following the riots, which have been sparked by an art exhibition deemed attack to Islam and saw several police stations set on fire.

Tunisia’s ousted president Ben Ali sentenced to 20 years

Tunisia’s dictator Ben Ali faces countless trials and was already sentenced to more than sixty years in prison on a range of other charges including drug trafficking and defalcation. Tunisia’s government has faced persistent criticism over its setback to persuade islamic country Saudi Arabia to hand over tunisian politician Ben Ali and his wife Leila Trabelsi, a ex- hairdresser whose lavish lifestyle and clique of wealthy relatives came to be seen by many Tunisians as a symbol of the corrupt era.