A prominent Tunisian opposition activist has been handed a one-year suspended prison sentence for insulting the president, her lawyer says. Issa, a member of the National Salvation Front coalition, said after a court hearing on Tuesday that Saied’s opponents were being treated like “criminals”. We are politicians, opponents of the coup of July 25, 2021.” ‘Opinion trials must end’ Rights …
El-Heni is a well-known media figure in Tunisia and has been vocal about his opposition to President Kais Saied. Prominent Tunisian journalist Zied el-Heni has been arrested by an internal squad in plain clothes who stormed his home in a suburb of the capital Tunis, according to local media, amid an ongoing crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied. The …
