Tunisia sentences four people to death for 2013 assassination of politician
A Tunisian court sentenced four people to death and two to life in prison on charges of participating in the murder of prominent political leader Chokri Belaid 11 years ago, which sparked mass protests against the then-ruling Islamists. Belaid, a leftist politician, had been a fierce critic of the Islamist Ennahda party which led the government at the time, accusing it of turning a blind eye to violence by extremists against secularists. He was shot dead in his car by gunmen on February 6, 2013, in what was viewed as the first political assassination in Tunisia in decades. Belaid's assassination…