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Tunisia’s Ben Ali found guilty after just one day of trial
Court sentenced former president in absentia to 35 years in jail, six months after he was toppled from power
Presiding Judge Touhami Hafi (C) opens on June 20, 2011 the trial of Tunisia’s deposed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila in Tunis. (AFP/Getty Images)
Human-rights activist and lawyer Radhia Nasraoui gestures on June 20, 2011 during the opening of the trial of Tunisia’s deposed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila in Tunis. Ben Ali, who has been in Saudi Arabia since he was forced from power, was found guilty after just one day of deliberation of theft and of illegally possessing jewelry and large sums of cash (AFP/Getty Images)
Journalists and officials attend the opening of the trial of Ben Ali and his wife Leila on June 20, 2011 in Tunis. The same sentence was handed down to his wife Leila Trabelsi, a former hairdresser whose lavish lifestyle and clique of wealthy relatives were symbols of the corruption of the Ben Ali era for many Tunisians (AFP/Getty Images)
Tunisian Policemen stand guard in front of the court of Tunis at the opening the trial in absentia of Tunisian former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila, on June 20, 2011 in Tunis (AFP/Getty Images)
Presiding Judge Touhami Hafi speaks on June 20, 2011 at the start of the trial of Tunisia’s deposed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila in Tunis (AFP/Getty Images)
Me Abderrazak Kilani (R), the President of the Tunisian Order of Lawyers speaks with Saida Akrimi (C), one of the lawyers for Tunisia’s deposed president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila, on June 20, 2011 during the opening of their trial in Tunis (AFP/Getty Images)
Lawyers of Tunisia’s deposed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila, Abdessatar Massoudi (L), Chahida Guizani (L) and Saida Akrimi (C) ), stand in court on June 20, 2011 before the start of their clients’ trial in Tunis (AFP/Getty Images)
Lawyer of Tunisia’s deposed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila, Abdessatar Massoudi (R) and and Saida Akrimi (L), stand in court on June 20, 2011 before the start of their clients trial in Tunis (AFP/Getty Images)
