The precautionary measures taken by the investigating judge at the Judicial Counter-Terrorism Division against lawyer Ayachi Hammami were in accordance with legal procedures, said Hanan Gaddes, spokesperson for the Division. In a statement to TAP on Wednesday, Gaddes pointed out that the measures taken by the investigating judge on Tuesday were “in accordance with the legal procedures that allow him to do so whenever he deems it necessary and at any stage of the case, in accordance with the provisions of Article 86 of the Code of Criminal Procedure”. Defence lawyer Abdelaziz Essid visited the division’s headquarters on Wednesday and was informed in writing of the precautionary measures taken against his client, she added, noting that these measures had previously been taken against several other defendants, both in the current case and in other cases. Ayachi Hammami has been banned from travelling and appearing in public by the investigating judge of the Judicial Counter-Terrorism Division, while he was kept at liberty after questioning on Tuesday, according to the defence lawyer of the detainees in the “conspiracy against state security” case. The defence described this decision as “legally flawed in form and content and suspicious in timing.”
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse