After spending the entire night being interrogated by counter-terrorism police, the leader of the largest party in the now-disbanded Tunisian parliament has been freed by the authorities.
Rached Ghannouchi has been accused of complicity in smuggling jihadists to Syria and Iraq, charges he has denied.
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According to his lawyer, he will again be questioned later on Wednesday.
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His Ennadha party has denounced his interrogation and that of the former prime minister, Ali Laarayedh, as a flagrant violation of human rights.
The Tunisian president, Kais Saied, has brooked no opposition to his rule since dissolving parliament last year.
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Source: BBC