A Tunisian presidential candidate stirred political and social controversy after he pledged to release all Tunisian prisoners detained on terrorism charges, claiming they were wrongly accused and imprisoned. Head of the Openness and Loyalty Party Bahri Jelassi announced that, once elected president, he will repeal the anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering law approved by parliament in 2015. More than 1,500 prisoners are held in Tunisia on terrorism charges, according to previous ...