Tunisia's Ennahda movement confirmed on Monday evening that security forces arrested its president, Rached Ghannouchi, after raiding his home in the capital. The movement said – in a statement – that the arrest was without respect for the simplest legal procedures, and described what happened as a very dangerous development.
The spokesman for the dissolved parliament Maher Mathyoub said that GhANNouchi calls for calm and preservation of Tunisia. Some of the arrested dissidents were charged with conspiring against state security.