Tunisia’s Islamist party leader is sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting terrorism
1 year, 1 month ago

Tunisia’s Islamist party leader is sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting terrorism

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — The leader of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party was sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting terrorism and inciting hatred in the North African country, once seen as a model for democracy in the Arab world but increasingly authoritarian in recent years. The Court of Appeal in the capital, Tunis, pronounced the sentence late Monday against the Ennahdha leader Rached Ghannouchi, a former speaker of parliament and a vocal opponent of President Kais Saied. In addition to prolonging the sentence by three months, the Court of Appeal ordered Ghannouchi to pay a fine of 1,000 Tunisian dinars and placed the elderly leader under judicial supervision for three years. Saied’s critics say the president’s relentless campaign of arrests aims to eliminate opposition voices in Tunisia, the birthplace of the Arab Spring pro-democracy opposition more than a decade ago.

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Tunisia’s president wins second term after cracking down on the opposition
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Tunisia’s president wins second term after cracking down on the opposition

LA Times  

Kais Saied joins his supporters Sunday in the capital, Tunis, after provisional results for the presidential elections were announced. Tunisian President Kais Saied won reelection in a landslide victory after a campaign season that saw his opponents jailed alongside journalists, activists and attorneys. The North African country’s Independent High Authority for Elections said Monday evening that Saied had won 90.7% …

Tunisia's President Kais Saied Wins Re-Election Despite Opposition Crackdown
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Tunisia's President Kais Saied Wins Re-Election Despite Opposition Crackdown

Associated Press  

Tunisia's President Kais Saied won re-election in a landslide victory, securing 90.7% of the vote. His closest challenger, businessman Ayachi Zammel, won 7.4%. The election was marred by the arrests of several declared challengers and the ongoing incarceration of his most prominent right-wing and Islamist critics.

Tunisia Votes in Third Presidential Election Since Arab Spring
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Tunisia Votes in Third Presidential Election Since Arab Spring

Associated Press  

Tunisia's third presidential election since the Arab Spring is underway, with President Kais Saied seeking a second term. The election is expected to be closely contested, with few challengers able to challenge his dominance. The outcome will have significant implications for Tunisia's democracy and its future trajectory.

Tunisian authorities escalate pre-election crackdown and arrest Islamists en masse
3 months, 1 week ago

Tunisian authorities escalate pre-election crackdown and arrest Islamists en masse

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Dozens of members of Tunisia’s largest opposition party were arrested this week ahead of the formal start of campaign season for the country’s presidential election, attorneys and officials from the party said Friday. Former Minister of Youth and Sports Ahmed Gaaloul, a member of the party’s executive committee and advisor to its imprisoned leader Rached Ghannouchi, said …

Tunisia’s electoral authority approves just 2 candidates to challenge Saied. 1 has been detained
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tunisia’s electoral authority approves just 2 candidates to challenge Saied. 1 has been detained

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s electoral authority on Monday definitively approved just two candidates to challenge President Kais Saied in elections next month in the struggling North African country — and one of them was promptly arrested. Also Monday, Tunisia’s electoral authority confirmed that only incumbent Saied, Zammel, who leads a small pro-business party, and Zouhair Maghzaoui, a former left-wing pan-Arabist …

Tunisia’s president reshuffles Cabinet ahead of October election
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Tunisia’s president reshuffles Cabinet ahead of October election

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has sacked several members of his Cabinet this week, replacing his defense and foreign ministers as campaigning kicks off for the country’s October presidential election. Three years since Saied rewrote Tunisia’s constitution granting him full power to choose his Cabinet, the reshuffling is far from the first time in which he has fired …

Tunisian Opposition figure Abir Moussi sentenced to two years amid crackdown ahead of October election
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Tunisian Opposition figure Abir Moussi sentenced to two years amid crackdown ahead of October election

The Hindu  

A potential Presidential candidate in Tunisia has been sentenced to two years in prison, marking another setback to the country’s fledgling Opposition challenging President Kais Saied as he seeks a new term. Ms. Moussi’s lawyer Nafaa Laribi told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she still intends to run in the October 6 Presidential election, and that, unlike other candidates, …

Tunisian opposition figure Moussi is sentenced to prison amid crackdown ahead of October election
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Tunisian opposition figure Moussi is sentenced to prison amid crackdown ahead of October election

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — A potential presidential candidate in Tunisia has been sentenced to two years in prison, marking another setback to the country’s fledgling opposition challenging President Kais Saied as he seeks a new term. Following a complaint by the North African nation’s election authority, she was found guilty of violating a controversial anti-fake news decree outlawing spreading information that …

Tunisian President Kais Saied to seek reelection in October after tumultuous first term
5 months ago

Tunisian President Kais Saied to seek reelection in October after tumultuous first term

Associated Press  

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied said Friday that he will run for a second term, making a long-expected announcement while many of his potential opponents languish in prison on charges their attorneys have described as politicized. Saied, a 66-year-old former law professor, rose to power in 2019, capitalizing on anger against politicians who failed to fulfill the promises of the revolution …

Tunisia opposition leader Lotfi Mraihi arrested
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tunisia opposition leader Lotfi Mraihi arrested

Al Jazeera  

Mraihi joins a growing list of President Saied’s political opponents who are in jail or facing prosecution. The head of Tunisia’s Republican Union Party, Lotfi Mraihi, who has announced his intention to run in a presidential election set for October, has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering. A Tunis court spokesman said earlier this week that Mraihi, one of …

Tunisia sets elections for October. The increasingly authoritarian president hasn’t said he’ll run
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tunisia sets elections for October. The increasingly authoritarian president hasn’t said he’ll run

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian leader has scheduled the next presidential election for October without saying whether he will seek a second term after five tumultuous years at the head of the North African nation once seen as a model of democracy for the Arab world. Saied ran in 2019 on a populist, anti-corruption platform that energized Tunisians disillusioned …

Tunisia’s Saied sets presidential election date for October 6
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tunisia’s Saied sets presidential election date for October 6

Al Jazeera  

The vote comes as many of Saied’s political opponents and media critics are in jail or facing prosecution. Tunisian President Kais Saied has called a presidential election for October 6, setting himself up for possible re-election as many of his political opponents are behind bars. “Kais Saied from now until the elections has a long list of individuals, associations, parties …

Tunisian opposition wants political prisoners freed before taking part in presidential election
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Tunisian opposition wants political prisoners freed before taking part in presidential election

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s main opposition coalition said Tuesday it won’t take part in the North African country’s upcoming presidential election unless President Kais Saied’s political opponents are freed and judicial independence is restored. More than 20 political opponents have been charged or imprisoned since Saied consolidated power in 2021 by suspending parliament and rewriting the country’s constitution. The National …

International support for Tunisia’s jailed opposition leader Ghannouchi
8 months, 1 week ago

International support for Tunisia’s jailed opposition leader Ghannouchi

Al Jazeera  

Newly formed International Committee for Solidarity with Rached Ghannouchi says the Ennahdha party leader is ‘oldest prisoner of conscience in the Arab world’. Marking the first anniversary of the arrest of Tunisia’s prominent opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, an international committee has formed to raise awareness of the imprisonment of the 82-year-old, now the “oldest prisoner of conscience in the Arab …

Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi joins group of imprisoned hunger strikers
10 months ago

Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi joins group of imprisoned hunger strikers

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi began a hunger strike in prison on Monday, joining other government critics striking to protest what they see as unjust incarceration. Imed Khemiri, the spokesperson for his political party, told The Associated Press on Monday that Ghannouchi’s strike intended to draw attention to the plight of Tunisia’s political prisoners and the violations …

Tunisia’s President Saied might be re-elected despite a tumultuous first term and a flagging economy
54 years, 11 months ago

Tunisia’s President Saied might be re-elected despite a tumultuous first term and a flagging economy

Associated Press  

DATE OF ELECTION Fall TYPE OF ELECTION Presidential WHO’S RUNNING Though he has yet to announce plans to run for a second term, Tunisian President Kais Saied is up for reelection after a tumultuous first term. Throughout his tenure, he has reversed some of Tunisia’s democratic gains -- rewriting the country’s constitution to consolidate his own power and jailing critics, …

Tunisian opposition party leader sentenced to 3 years as crackdown on president’s critics continues
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Tunisian opposition party leader sentenced to 3 years as crackdown on president’s critics continues

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — The head of Tunisia’s largest opposition party was sentenced to three years in prison in the latest display of the North African country’s crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied. As Tunisia’s presidential election approaches later this year, Khemiri said those in power were demonizing political parties and promised Ennahdha would appeal as part of its broader …

Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi sentenced to three years
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi sentenced to three years

Al Jazeera  

Ghannouchi’s Ennahda Party is accused of receiving foreign funds as President Kais Saied continues crackdown on opposition. A Tunisian court has sentenced opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi to three years in prison over accusations that his Ennahda Party received foreign contributions, official news agency Tunis Afrique Press reported, amid an escalating crackdown on dissent in the North African country. “The sentencing …

Prominent critic of Tunisia's Saied gets suspended jail term
1 year ago

Prominent critic of Tunisia's Saied gets suspended jail term

Firstpost  

Issa had already been detained in February along with 20 other political leaders on suspicion of plotting against state security in what the opposition said was an attempt to establish authoritarian rule by Saied, who in 2021 dissolved parliament and seized wide-ranging powers A Tunisian military court on Wednesday handed down a one-year suspended jail sentence on Chaima Issa, a …

2 top officials of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party arrested while its leader languishes in jail
1 year, 3 months ago

2 top officials of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party arrested while its leader languishes in jail

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian officials detained a former prime minister for questioning then freed him hours later early Wednesday, but jailed two top officials in the moderate Islamist Ennahdha party whose leader has been imprisoned, the official news agency said. According to Ennahdha, Ounissi, who is standing in for jailed party leader Rached Ghannouchi, was stopped Tuesday night by security …

Tunisia a ‘ticking time bomb’ as Saied cracks down on opposition
1 year, 7 months ago

Tunisia a ‘ticking time bomb’ as Saied cracks down on opposition

Al Jazeera  

Experts and relatives of detained politicians raise alarm on the government’s heavy hand. Anas Altikriti, head of the Cordoba Foundation think tank which focuses on relations between the Muslim world and Western nations, said at Thursday’s forum in London that while the so-called Arab Spring was one of the “most transformative moments of this century”, events now in Tunisia are …

Tunisia’s moderate Islamist leader sentenced in absentia to year in prison
1 year, 7 months ago

Tunisia’s moderate Islamist leader sentenced in absentia to year in prison

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — A court has sentenced moderate Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi to a year in prison for allegedly referring to police officers as tyrants in what his party said Tuesday amounted to a sham trial. Ghannouchi, 81, founder of the Ennahdha party, has refused to be removed from his place of detention for questioning or to attend Monday’s …

Tunisia’s Ghannouchi sentenced to a year in prison: Lawyer
1 year, 7 months ago

Tunisia’s Ghannouchi sentenced to a year in prison: Lawyer

Al Jazeera  

Opposition leader Ghannouchi was arrested in April, and sentenced after being charged with incitement, as crackdown on opposition continues. The Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been sentenced in absentia to a year in prison, his lawyer told the Reuters news agency. Ghannouchi, who was the speaker of the Tunisian parliament before it was suspended by the country’s President Kais …

Kais Saied’s Tunisia is becoming a failed state
1 year, 7 months ago

Kais Saied’s Tunisia is becoming a failed state

Al Jazeera  

After just a few years of being governed by Saied, the Tunisian state is already struggling to fulfil some of its essential responsibilities. The April 18 arrest and consequent imprisonment of Tunisia’s main opposition leader, Rached Ghannouchi, the head of the Ennahda party and former speaker of the dissolved parliament, was the latest and perhaps the most definitive sign of …

Fears Ghannouchi arrest will lead to more crackdowns in Tunisia
1 year, 8 months ago

Fears Ghannouchi arrest will lead to more crackdowns in Tunisia

Al Jazeera  

Opposition worried what President Kais Saied’s next step will be with a number of opposition figures in prison. “They insisted that he can be held for 48 hours without lawyers present,” Yusra Ghannouchi said, detailing her father’s initial interrogation on Monday. “My father stated that one of the main successes of the National Salvation Front is to go beyond political …

Judge orders Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi jailed
1 year, 8 months ago

Judge orders Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi jailed

Al Jazeera  

A judge has ordered Rached Ghannouchi, Tunisia’s main opposition leader, jailed ahead of his trial on charges of plotting against state security, days after he was arrested at his home in Tunis. Ghannouchi said in an opposition meeting last week that “Tunisia without Ennahda, without political Islam, without the left or any other component is a project for civil war.” …

Arrests of Tunisia opposition leaders draw global condemnation
1 year, 8 months ago

Arrests of Tunisia opposition leaders draw global condemnation

Al Jazeera  

The US says the arrests ‘represent a troubling escalation by the Tunisian government against perceived opponents’. In a statement on Wednesday, the US government said the arrest on Monday of former Speaker of Parliament Ghannouchi and the closure of the Ennahdha party headquarters “are fundamentally at odds with the principles Tunisians adopted in a constitution,” State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant …

Who is Ghannouchi, the Ennahdha party leader arrested in Tunisia?
1 year, 8 months ago

Who is Ghannouchi, the Ennahdha party leader arrested in Tunisia?

Al Jazeera  

Rached Ghannouchi is the highest-profile figure to be arrested in Tunisia as President Saied tightens his grip on power. A Tunisian judge has ordered the imprisonment pending trial of Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia’s main opposition party and an ardent critic of President Kais Saied, on charges of incitement against state authorities. Ennahdha, a self-styled “Muslim democrat” party with …

Tunisian authorities close opposition Ennahdha party HQ
1 year, 8 months ago

Tunisian authorities close opposition Ennahdha party HQ

Al Jazeera  

The move comes a day after party leader Ghannouchi was arrested as part of a continuing crackdown on Tunisia’s opposition. Tunisian authorities have closed the headquarters of the opposition Ennahdha party, a day after leader Rached Ghannouchi was arrested, party officials have said. Ennahdha, a self-styled “Muslim Democrat” party, was the largest in Tunisia’s parliament before President Kais Saied dissolved …

Tunisian Islamist leader Ghannouchi detained amid tensions
1 year, 8 months ago

Tunisian Islamist leader Ghannouchi detained amid tensions

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Influential Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi was detained Monday after a police search, according to his lawyer, in a move denounced by his supporters as a stepped-up effort by the president to quash Tunisia’s opposition. Other Tunisian media reported that Ghannouchi was to be questioned over a video circulating online in which he purportedly says that the …

Tunisia’s parliament convenes for first time since 2021
1 year, 9 months ago

Tunisia’s parliament convenes for first time since 2021

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s new parliament convened Monday, the first time the country has had a functioning legislature since the president had the previous parliament sealed off by the army in 2021. The main opposition coalition declared it won’t recognize the new parliament, whose members were chosen in December and January in elections boycotted by the president’s opponents and ignored …

Tunisian Islamist leader arrested in crackdown on opposition
1 year, 10 months ago

Tunisian Islamist leader arrested in crackdown on opposition

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian authorities arrested the leader of the Ennahda opposition Islamist movement in a crackdown on rival politicians and critics of the North African country’s increasingly authoritarian president Kais Saied, lawyers said Tuesday. Noureddine Bhiri, a senior Ennahda leader, was taken into custody by armed police at his home in the capital, Tunis, late Monday on suspicion of …

Tunisian Islamist party protests arrest of senior leader
2 years ago

Tunisian Islamist party protests arrest of senior leader

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Supporters of the Tunisian Islamist movement Ennahda demonstrated on Friday in front of the Justice Ministry in the capital to denounce the arrest of one of its senior leaders, suspected of being involved in sending Tunisians to fight with extremists in Syria. Protesters demanded the release of former Prime Minister Ali Larayedh, vice president of Ennahda, saying …

Tunisia detains former PM Ali Laarayedh after 14-hour questioning
2 years, 3 months ago

Tunisia detains former PM Ali Laarayedh after 14-hour questioning

Al Jazeera  

Ali Laarayedh was interrogated for 14 hours and is expected to appear before a judge on Wednesday, his lawyers said. Tunisia’s anti-terrorism police have detained Ali Laarayedh, a former prime minister and senior official in the Ennahdha party, a move the opposition party have called a “political attack” by the country’s president. Laarayedh, who was prime minister from 2013 to …

Strangling Tunisia’s democracy
2 years, 4 months ago

Strangling Tunisia’s democracy

The Hindu  

On August 16, the results of the referendum on the amendments to the national constitution proposed by Tunisian president Kais Saied were formally endorsed by the election commission, effectively terminating the country’s brief encounter with a democratic order. In December 2021, Mr. Saied announced a “road map” for political change — online “consultations” on constitutional reform, a committee to propose …

One man-rule: The Hindu Editorial on the Tunisian referendum
2 years, 4 months ago

One man-rule: The Hindu Editorial on the Tunisian referendum

The Hindu  

With over 94% voters backing a new Constitution that would see the return of a strong presidency, Tunisia’s brief experiment with post-revolutionary parliamentary democracy has come to an end. President Kais Saied, who sacked the elected government of Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and suspended Parliament last year, has been pushing for constitutional changes that would institutionalise his one-man rule. With …

After the referendum: The challenges of a power grab in Tunisia
2 years, 4 months ago

After the referendum: The challenges of a power grab in Tunisia

The Hindu  

The story so far:Tunisian voters have approved a new Constitution that would turn the country back into a presidential system, institutionalising the one-man reign of President Kais Saied, who suspended the elected Parliament and awarded more powers to himself last year. While Mr. Saied has welcomed the result, his critics have warned that the new Constitution would erase whatever democratic …

Tunisia opposition leader investigated on terrorism charges
2 years, 5 months ago

Tunisia opposition leader investigated on terrorism charges

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — The leader of Tunisia’s main opposition party is due to be questioned by the country’s anti-terrorism unit on Tuesday on suspicion of money laundering and terrorist financing through an association charity. The accused, Rached Ghannouchi, was among a dozen top Ennahdha party officials whose bank accounts the north African country’s central bank froze earlier this month. President …

Tunisian ex-PM Jebali arrested on suspicion of money laundering
2 years, 6 months ago

Tunisian ex-PM Jebali arrested on suspicion of money laundering

Al Jazeera  

Jebali says the arrest is politically motivated, as President Saied continues his crackdown on opponents. Tunisian police have arrested former Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, a former senior member of the Ennahdha party, on suspicion of money laundering, his lawyer told Reuters. Jebali’s arrest raises opposition concerns over the human rights situation in Tunisia since President Kais Saied dissolved parliament last …

Tunisia’s president, opposition battle over who will fold first
2 years, 6 months ago

Tunisia’s president, opposition battle over who will fold first

Al Jazeera  

Tunisia is approaching a crossroads as President Kais Saied continues to clash with growing opposition to his proposed new constitution. He believes that “the manner in which Saied has targeted the state’s institutions, the body blow that he delivered to the judiciary and his successful infiltration and effective takeover of the farmer’s union, means that the UGTT now believes that …

Tunisia: Ennahda leader Ghannouchi decries state of ‘tyranny’
2 years, 6 months ago

Tunisia: Ennahda leader Ghannouchi decries state of ‘tyranny’

Al Jazeera  

Rached Ghannouchi says his party and its allies will continue to work against the ‘coup’ and attacks on the constitution. The speaker of Tunisia’s dissolved parliament says the country is living under a state of tyranny as President Kais Saied pushes ahead with plans for a controversial referendum on replacing the constitution. Rached Ghannouchi, speaker of the dissolved parliament and …

Tunisian president sacks dozens of judges as he consolidates rule
2 years, 6 months ago

Tunisian president sacks dozens of judges as he consolidates rule

Al Jazeera  

Kais Saied, whose opponents accuse him of a ‘coup’, has been ruling by decree since he set aside the 2014 constitution. Tunisia’s president sacked 57 judges on Wednesday, accusing them of corruption and protecting “terrorists”, as he seeks to remodel the country’s political system after consolidating one-man rule. The council had acted as the main guarantor of judicial independence since …

Saied accused of taking Tunisia back towards one-man rule
2 years, 8 months ago

Saied accused of taking Tunisia back towards one-man rule

Al Jazeera  

Tunis, Tunisia – Political crisis in Tunisia has intensified following President Kais Saied’s decision to dissolve the parliament after freezing it in a power grab on July 25 last year. “Legally, since it’s dissolved, parliament must remain in session until a new vote is held within the 90-day period,” Masmoudi, the Ennahdha member, maintained qualifying the president’s latest move as …

Tunisia: Crisis deepens as opp’n leaders summoned for questioning
2 years, 8 months ago

Tunisia: Crisis deepens as opp’n leaders summoned for questioning

Al Jazeera  

Parliamentary speaker and Ennahdha leader Rached Ghannouchi among those questioned by anti-terrorism police over a parliament session held online. Tunisian anti-terrorism police summoned the country’s main opposition figure for questioning on Friday as a political crisis deepens in the wake of President Kais Saied’s move to dissolve parliament and impose one-man rule. Strongest opposition Ennahdha and the Free Constitutional Party, …

Tunisia: Mass anti-Saied protests take place in capital Tunis
2 years, 9 months ago

Tunisia: Mass anti-Saied protests take place in capital Tunis

Al Jazeera  

Last July, President Saied suspended parliament, sacked PM and further expanded his legislative and executive powers. Thousands of Tunisians have taken to the streets of the capital Tunis in the latest of a series of rallies against President Kais Saied, accused by opponents of grabbing power amid a deepening political crisis. In July last year, President Saied suspended parliament and …

The West should not continue to support Tunisia’s new dictator
2 years, 10 months ago

The West should not continue to support Tunisia’s new dictator

Al Jazeera  

The birthplace of the Arab Spring is now an autocracy and Western democracies helped it get there. After initially delaying talks with the International Monetary Fund on the urgently needed bailout package, and accusing both the IMF and the World Bank of “hypocrisy” for backing corrupt political and economic lobbies, for example, Saied recently flipped his discourse and now seems …

Judiciary officials linked to criminal gangs: Tunisia president
2 years, 11 months ago

Judiciary officials linked to criminal gangs: Tunisia president

Al Jazeera  

President Saied’s comments come as former justice minister was arrested last week and accused of possible ‘terrorism’ offences. Tunisian President Kais Saied has condemned senior officials in the judiciary and accused them of being linked to what he described as “criminal gangs”. “Everyone knows that some of those who took up leading positions in courts were at the time, and …

Tunisia’s Ennahdha party says senior official detained
2 years, 11 months ago

Tunisia’s Ennahdha party says senior official detained

Al Jazeera  

Tunisia’s Ennahdha says security forces have detained a senior party official, denouncing what it described as an illegitimate attempt to silence political opposition in the country. In a Facebook post on Friday, the party with the largest number of seats in Tunisia’s suspended parliament said plainclothes agents had taken Noureddine Bhairi and his sister-in-law, the lawyer Said al-Akrami, to an …

Tunisia’s Ghannouchi rejects extension of parliament freeze
3 years ago

Tunisia’s Ghannouchi rejects extension of parliament freeze

Al Jazeera  

Parliament speaker says the only way out of the current crisis is by ‘immediate cancellation of exceptional measures’ announced by the president. Tunisia’s Speaker Rached Ghannouchi has refused to suspend the parliament for another year, just three days after President Kais Saied announced the extension of a suspension until Tunisians vote for a replacement assembly in December 2022. The move …

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