The investigating judge at the counter-terrorism division issued a detention warrant for Ennahdha leader Habib Ellouze, on Friday, said defence lawyer Mokhtar Jemaï.

The lawyer said the charges against Ellouze were still “unclear” and that his client was being prosecuted and summoned under the counter-terrorism and money-laundering laws.

Habib Ellouze was arrested by a unit of the judicial police in El Gorjani on the orders of the public prosecutor on March 2.

Ellouze is also involved in another case of “sending young Tunisians to hotbeds of tension”. A case in which he is still being tried, although he was kept at liberty last November.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP)