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What budget cuts at the UN mean for development goals
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According to Monia Bouali, a lawyer representing Noureddine Bhiri, speaking to Reuters on Friday, she stated that aTunisian court has sentenced the prominent official in Ennahda opposition party Noureddine Bhiri to 10 years in prison, on charges of attacking state security and inciting Tunisians against each other. Bhiri's lawyer said the trial "was marred by many legal violations due to a Facebook post attributed to him that technical tests proved did not exist at all". Bhiri had already been detained for 18 months, along with many opponents of President Kais Saied.
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