Jailed businessman Ridha Charfeddine's sister asks Saied for pardon

Basma Charfeddine wrote to President Kaïs Saïed asking him to pardon her brother Ridha Charfeddine, the Unimed pharmaceutical founder and former MP who is serving sentences for undeclared foreign assets, money laundering tied to customs violations, and a since-reduced "conspiracy against state security" charge. Her letter cites his founding of a drugmaker that supplies the domestic market and exports medicine, asking the president for "a new chance."

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