Tunisian court sentenced eight defendants to death on Tuesday over the 2013 assassination of leftist opposition figure Mohamed Brahmi, according to local reports.
death sentences for "deliberate participation in premeditated murder", according to the reports.
Tunisia still hands down death sentences, particularly in "terrorism" cases, even though a de facto moratorium in effect since 1991 means they are effectively commuted to life terms.
Chokri Belaid, who was also gunned down outside his home.
'Martyrs'
birthplace of the 2011 revolution that toppled ex-president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and later swept through the Arab World.
Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for both the Brahmi and Belaid assassinations.
surge in Islamist radicalism in Tunisia, with thousands of jihadist volunteers leaving to fight in Syria, Iraq and neighbouring Libya.
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