Tunisia’s Baatour charged with sodomy

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Tunis - Tunisian authorities on Wednesday arrested and jailed Mounir Baatour, the head of the opposition Liberal party, on sodomy charges but he denied any wrongdoing, his lawyer told reporters.

Baatour, himself a lawyer, "totally denied the charges against him and it is wrong to say he was caught in the act", Koutheir Bouallegue added.

Press reports claimed that Baatour and a lover were found in a hotel room by staff, who then notified police.

Sodomy is illegal under Tunisian law, with convicted offenders facing jail terms of three years.

Bouallegue said that the young man accused of having intercourse with Baatour was not arrested, and insisted that the charge sheet was rife with procedural errors.

Baatour is little known in Tunisia and his party has no seats in Parliament. - Sapa-AFP



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[Shola Sholaz]

He is still innocent until proven otherwise. Okay let's see what the end of the case would be. It's all getting tensed up