Tunisia jails ex-prime minister on terrorism chargesAlong with seven other people, Laarayedh was charged with setting up a terrorist cell and helping young Tunisians travel abroad to join Islamist fighters in Iraq and Syria. He is the latest high-profile critic of the president to be jailed as campaigners slam "sham trials" in the country. A court in Tunisia has sentenced former Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh to 34 years in prison on a raft of terrorism charges. However many Tunisians say the democratic gains made have since been lost, pointing to the current president's authoritarian grip on power. Yet President Saied has rejected criticism from inside and outside the country, saying he is fighting "traitors" and suffering "blatant foreign interference".