Tunisian Opposition figure Abir Moussi sentenced to two years amid crackdown ahead of October election
7 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, nothing in Monday's sentence prevents her from running. With Ms. Moussi and other leading Opposition figures in prison, Mr. Saied is expected to face little election competition in what was once the Middle East and North Africa’s most progressive democracy. A strong critic of Islamists such as imprisoned Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi, Ms. Moussi was an official in longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s ruling party.

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Tunisia’s Ennahdha party slams lengthy jail term for its leader Ghannouchi
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tunisia’s Ennahdha party slams lengthy jail term for its leader Ghannouchi

Al Jazeera  

Opposition party criticises ‘political trial’, saying it is reminiscent of pre-2011 revolution government. Tunisia’s opposition Ennahdha party has slammed a court sentencing its leader Rached Ghannouchi to an additional 22 years in prison, saying the charges were “a blatant assault on the independence and impartiality of the judiciary and a blatant politicisation of its procedures and rulings”. Gaaloul said Saied’s …

Tunisian Commentator Sentenced to Two Years for Anti-Fake News Remarks
5 months ago

Tunisian Commentator Sentenced to Two Years for Anti-Fake News Remarks

Associated Press  

Tunisian commentator Sonia Dahmani has been sentenced to two years in prison for violating a statute against fake news. The cybercrime statute, known as Decree-Law 54, makes it illegal to produce, spread, disseminate, send or write false news with the aim of infringing the rights of others, harming public safety or national defense or sowing terror among the population.

Tunisia's President Saied wins reelection after cracking down on the opposition
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Tunisia's President Saied wins reelection after cracking down on the opposition

NPR  

Tunisia's President Saied wins reelection after cracking down on the opposition toggle caption Anis Mili/AP TUNIS, Tunisia — President Kais Saied won a landslide victory in Tunisia's election Monday, keeping his grip on power after a first term in which opponents were imprisoned and the country's institutions overhauled to give him more authority. Sponsor Message That raised alarm among the …

Tunisia’s president wins second term after cracking down on the opposition
5 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
5 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.

Democracy may be at stake in Tunisia's presidential election
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Democracy may be at stake in Tunisia's presidential election

NPR  

Democracy may be at stake in Tunisia's presidential election Could this weekend's election in Tunisia sound the death knell for democracy in its third presidential election since the Arab spring? BEARDSLEY: Freedom bred democracy was the slogan of the revolution, says Monica Marks, professor of Middle East politics at New York University. BEARDSLEY: So when Saied shuttered the Parliament in …

A Tunisian presidential candidate sentenced to 20 months vows to campaign from prison
6 months ago

A Tunisian presidential candidate sentenced to 20 months vows to campaign from prison

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — One of the candidates challenging Tunisian President Kais Saied in the country’s presidential election next month has been sentenced to prison on fraud charges that his attorney decried as politically motivated. The little-known businessman and head of Tunisia’s Azimoun party is one of two candidates challenging Saied in the North African nation’s Oct. 6 election. After a …

Tunisia’s electoral authority approves just 2 candidates to challenge Saied. 1 has been detained
6 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 …

A candidate cull ahead of Tunisia’s presidential election
7 months, 1 week ago

A candidate cull ahead of Tunisia’s presidential election

Al Jazeera  

Most prospective candidates saw their names ruled out, with some finding themselves in prison. “The Tunisian authorities’ disrespect for human rights and their crackdown against opponents must stop,” rights group Amnesty International said in early July. “It’s not really that he’s worried about losing,” he said about the president, who remains relatively popular within Tunisia, “it’s that neither he nor …

Tunisian opposition figure Moussi is sentenced to prison amid crackdown ahead of October election
7 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 …

Tunisia's upcoming presidential race marred by candidacy constraints
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Tunisia's upcoming presidential race marred by candidacy constraints

Hindustan Times  

Tunisia has kicked off candidacy submissions for its upcoming presidential election on October 6, amid what experts say are significant constraints on hopefuls challenging incumbent President Kais Saied. Kharrat said many factors are "reducing the credibility" of the upcoming election, referring to the candidacy criteria, the delayed announcement of the election day, and a 2022 law punishing "spreading false news". …

Tunisia's upcoming presidential race marred by candidacy constraints
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Tunisia's upcoming presidential race marred by candidacy constraints

New Indian Express  

TUNIS: Tunisia has kicked off candidacy submissions for its upcoming presidential election on October 6, amid what experts say are significant constraints on hopefuls challenging incumbent President Kais Saied. Detained for "plotting against the state", the two politicians are among over 20 of Saied's opponents held since a flurry of arrests in February 2023. An expert speaking on condition of …

Tunisian President Kais Saied to seek reelection in October after tumultuous first term
8 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 …

Tunisian presidential candidate Lotfi Mraihi barred from contesting elections for life
8 months ago

Tunisian presidential candidate Lotfi Mraihi barred from contesting elections for life

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — A Tunisian court on Friday sentenced a presidential candidate Lotfi Mraihi to eight months in prison and banned him from contesting elections for life, in the latest move to stifle opponents of President Kais Saied in the upcoming October election which critics call a sham. Mraihi’s lawyer Omar Ben Ismael told The Associated Press that he planned …

Tunisia’s opposition says politically motivated arrests and gag orders are chilling election efforts
8 months, 1 week ago

Tunisia’s opposition says politically motivated arrests and gag orders are chilling election efforts

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Leading opposition parties in Tunisia asserted Wednesday that politically motivated arrests and gag orders are creating impossible conditions for holding democratic elections later this year. Leaders of Ennahda and other parties in the Front described recent arrests and limitations on those planning to challenge Saied a “suffocation in terms of freedoms, human rights and basic rights for …

Tunisia opposition leader Lotfi Mraihi arrested
8 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’s Saied sets presidential election date for October 6
8 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
10 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
11 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 journalist accused of insulting a public official to face trial next month
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Tunisian journalist accused of insulting a public official to face trial next month

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — A prominent Tunisian journalist was put under pre-trial detention on a judge’s order after a Tuesday hearing in which he dangled the prospect of publishing reporting on corruption and the misuse of public funds by several ministers and public institutions. Boughalleb, a regular contributor on popular radio stations and frequent critic of Tunisia’s president, is scheduled to …

Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi joins group of imprisoned hunger strikers
1 year, 1 month 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
55 years, 2 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, …

Tunisia’s press, civil society silent as Ghannouchi sentenced, analysts say
1 year, 1 month ago

Tunisia’s press, civil society silent as Ghannouchi sentenced, analysts say

Al Jazeera  

Analysts and rights groups have pointed to the muted response to Ennahdha leader Rachid Ghannouchi’s latest criminal conviction as an indicator of the president’s authoritarian reach. “We had these protests about … police violence Manich Msamah,” he said of the opposition group founded to oppose former President Beji Caid Essebsi’s attempts to reconcile with members of the pre-revolutionary regime. “Lawyers, …

Tunisian opposition party leader sentenced to 3 years as crackdown on president’s critics continues
1 year, 1 month 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
1 year, 1 month 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, 3 months 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 …

Tunisia’s Islamist party leader is sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting terrorism
1 year, 4 months 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 …

Families of imprisoned Tunisian dissidents turn to the International Criminal Court seeking justice
1 year, 5 months ago

Families of imprisoned Tunisian dissidents turn to the International Criminal Court seeking justice

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Family members of seven imprisoned Tunisian opposition figures took their quest for justice on Thursday to the International Criminal Court, announcing plans to ask the tribunal to investigate claims of political persecution and human rights violations by President Kais Saied’s administration. However, Saied’s government has cracked down on opponents and jailed dissidents, including opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi …

Tunisia detains Abir Moussi, prominent opponent of president: Lawyers
1 year, 5 months ago

Tunisia detains Abir Moussi, prominent opponent of president: Lawyers

Al Jazeera  

The arrest is the latest in a crackdown against President Kais Saied’s opponents. “Moussi was detained for 48 hours in charges of processing personal data, obstructing the right to work, and assault intended to cause chaos,” lawyer Aroussi Zgir said, according to Reuters. Moussi’s official page confirmed that her arrest followed her sit-in in front of the Carthage Palace, because …

2 top officials of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party arrested while its leader languishes in jail
1 year, 6 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 protest marks two years since president’s power grab
1 year, 8 months ago

Tunisia protest marks two years since president’s power grab

Al Jazeera  

Opposition has kept up its demonstrations against what it calls a ‘coup’ against Tunisia’s democracy. About 300 protesters have rallied in Tunis to mark the second anniversary of President Kais Saied’s adoption of sweeping powers and to demand the release of 20 detained opposition figures. The opposition has kept up its protests against Saied despite the arrest in February of …

Tunisia’s moderate Islamist leader sentenced in absentia to year in prison
1 year, 10 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, 10 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 …

Fears Ghannouchi arrest will lead to more crackdowns in Tunisia
1 year, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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 Islamist leader Ghannouchi detained amid tensions
1 year, 11 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 Ennahdha party says leader summoned for questioning
2 years, 1 month ago

Tunisia’s Ennahdha party says leader summoned for questioning

Al Jazeera  

Rached Ghannouchi, speaker of dissolved parliament, told to appear at police station after arrests of president’s critics. Tunisian police have summoned the head of the biggest opposition party for questioning after a string of arrests targeting critics of President Kais Saied have raised concerns over free speech and political rights. Rached Ghannouchi, head of the Ennahdha party and speaker of …

Tunisian Islamist leader arrested in crackdown on opposition
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Tunisia arrests more prominent critics of President Saied
2 years, 1 month ago

Tunisia arrests more prominent critics of President Saied

Al Jazeera  

Detentions come amid a wave of arrests targeting politicians and other critics of the government. Tunisian police have arrested two more prominent opponents of President Kais Saied and the head of a radio station that has broadcast criticism of the president. Police raided the house of Noureddine Bhiri, a senior official in the biggest opposition party Ennahdha and a prominent …

Tunisian Islamist party protests arrest of senior leader
2 years, 3 months 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, 6 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, 7 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 …

Judiciary officials linked to criminal gangs: Tunisia president
3 years, 2 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 …

Ex-Tunisian President Marzouki sentenced to 4 years in absentia
3 years, 3 months ago

Ex-Tunisian President Marzouki sentenced to 4 years in absentia

Al Jazeera  

Moncef Marzouki, who lives in France, rejects court ruling, says it was ‘issued by an illegitimate president who overturned the constitution’. A Tunisian court has sentenced former President Moncef Marzouki in absentia to four years in prison for “assaulting” the security of the state, according to state media. In a statement to Al Jazeera, Marzouki rejected the ruling as illegal, …

Libyan court says Gadhafi’s son can run for president
3 years, 3 months ago

Libyan court says Gadhafi’s son can run for president

Associated Press  

CAIRO — A Libyan court ruled Thursday that a son of the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi can compete in upcoming presidential elections, overturning a decision by the country’s top electoral body to disqualify him. Last week, Libya’s High National Elections Committee had disqualified him, citing past convictions linked to using violence against protesters. Seif al-Islam had been sentenced to …

Tunisia’s Saied says will not ‘turn into a dictator’ amid arrests
3 years, 7 months ago

Tunisia’s Saied says will not ‘turn into a dictator’ amid arrests

Al Jazeera  

President Saied rejects accusations he staged a coup, as a judge and two members of parliament arrested. It also came a day after Saied said he would “not turn into a dictator” after the arrest of two MPs on Friday, following his decision to lift their immunity when he seized control of the government this week. Tunisia has been thrust …

Tunisian democracy in crisis after President ousts government
3 years, 7 months ago

Tunisian democracy in crisis after President ousts government

The Hindu  

Tunisia faced its biggest crisis in a decade of democracy on July 26 after President Kais Saied ousted the government and froze Parliament in a move which appeared to be backed by the army but was labelled a coup by foes including influential Islamists. It follows months of deadlock and disputes between Mr. Saied, a political independent, Prime Minister Hichem …

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