{"id":12700,"date":"2012-06-17T22:47:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T02:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=12700"},"modified":"2012-06-17T22:47:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T02:47:36","slug":"tunisian-court-sentences-ben-ali-to-life-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2012\/06\/tunisian-court-sentences-ben-ali-to-life-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisian court sentences Ben Ali to life in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12701\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/hbeig20120613203242077.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12701\" title=\"hbeig20120613203242077\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/hbeig20120613203242077.jpg?resize=490%2C275\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tunisia\u2019s ousted longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><strong>A Tunisian military court has sentenced Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to life in prison for the killings of protesters during last year\u2019s popular revolution that ousted the longtime dictator. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The verdict was handed down in absentia on Wednesday after a six-month trial at the military court in the northwestern city of El Kef, about 170 kilometers (105 miles) west of the capital Tunis, AFP reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Prosecutors had demanded death penalty for Ben Ali, who is in Saudi Arabia with his wife since he fled Tunisia on January 14, 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Earlier in the day, a military court in Tunis sentenced him in absentia to 20 years in prison on diverse charges including incitement to murder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Ben Ali has already been sentenced to a total of more than 66 years in prison on a variety of other charges including drug trafficking and embezzlement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">According to United Nations figures, more than 300 people were killed and many others wounded in the former government crackdown on protests over corruption, unemployment, and high food prices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Many of the victims died by live rounds fired by security forces during the January 2011 pro-democracy protests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Saudi Arabia has refused to hand over Ben Ali and his wife to Tunisian authorities despite the fact that they are the subject to an international arrest warrant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2012\/06\/13\/246088\/court-sentences-ben-ali-life\/\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\">Fuente<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Tunisian military court has sentenced Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to life in prison for the killings of protesters during last year\u2019s popular 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