TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia freed all its remaining political prisoners on Wednesday, including members of a banned Islamist movement, government minister Najib Chebbi told Reuters.

“All the political prisoners have been released today,” said Chebbi, an opposition party leader who is now regional development minister in a coalition government. Asked if that included members of the banned Islamist Ennahda movement, he said: “There are no more Ennahda prisoners in jail.”