Police in Tunisia detain former PM Hamadi Jebali

His family has called on President Saied to personally take responsibility for his welfare and has described his arrest as "repressive."

Police in Tunisia detain former PM Hamadi Jebali
Hamadi Jebali was prime minister from 2011 to 2013

Former prime minister Hamadi Jebali has been detained by Tunisian police.

Mr. Jebali belonged to the Ennahda Islamist party, which held the majority of seats in parliament until President Kais Saied abolished it and assumed executive control of Tunisia last year, during his tenure as prime minister from 2011 to 2013.

The former politician had recently been under investigation at his boiler plant in the city of Soussa, according to Mr. Jebali's attorney, who was unable to specify why the man had been held.

His family has called on President Saied to personally take responsibility for his welfare and has described his arrest as "repressive."