philanthropist Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/philanthropist/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 04 Sep 2019 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 philanthropist Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/philanthropist/ 32 32 Tunisian TV mogul must continue campaigning for the presidency from a jail cell https://jjcornish.com/2019/09/tunisian-tv-mogul-must-continue-campaigning-for-the-presidency-from-a-jail-cell/ Wed, 04 Sep 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/09/tunisian-tv-mogul-must-continue-campaigning-for-the-presidency-from-a-jail-cell/ Tunisian judges have refused an appeal by a jailed television mogul  to be released to campaign in next week’s presidential election. Nabil Karoui is one of the favorites in the field of 26 candidates. Nabil Karoui prefers to present himself as a political outsider. But that does not include campaigning from a jail cell where […]

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]]> Tunisian judges have refused an appeal by a jailed television mogul  to be released to campaign in next week’s presidential election.

Nabil Karoui is one of the favorites in the field of 26 candidates.

Nabil Karoui prefers to present himself as a political outsider.

But that does not include campaigning from a jail cell where he has been since his arrest on August 23 to face charges of tax evasion and money laundering.

Tunisia’s electoral commission says he can run as long as he’s not convicted.

Karoui says he innocent and the charges he faces are politically inspired.

his supporters say his being in jail has not eroded his popularity as a philanthropist.

His  Nessma television channel has been barred from covering the election campaign.

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