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20 migrants die in a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian authorities recovered the bodies of 20 people who appeared to have drowned after a shipwreck off the country’s Mediterranean coastline, near a popular point of departure for migrants attempting to reach Europe by boat. The country’s National Guard said in a statement on Wednesday that coast guard members dispatched to the sinking ship rescued five people …

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6 days, 1 hour ago

Shipwreck off Tunisia's coast claims 20 migrant workers' lives, 5 rescued

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In Tunisia, a shipwreck off the coast country's Mediterranean coastline has claimed the lives of at least 20 migrants. The coast guard members who were dispatched to the sinking boat have recovered the bodies of 20 people and rescued 5 people, Tunisia's National Guard said in a statement on Wednesday. Tunisia's efforts to prevent deaths at sea Notably, in its …

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2 weeks ago

Truth Behind '500-Yr-Old Torah Scroll In Bashar al-Assad Basement' In Syria

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Claim: A 500-year-old Torah scroll was discovered in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's basement after he fled Syria. Amid speculation, it was later reported that Assad and his family sought asylum in Moscow, with Russia granting them refuge on humanitarian grounds In the wake of this political upheaval, a video began circulating online, claiming that a 500-year-old Torah scroll was discovered …

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1 month ago

Two new suspects arrested for attempt to assassinate Iranian activist in Haarlem

NL Times

The police arrested two new suspects for involvement in an attempt to murder an Iranian activist in Haarlem this summer. The police previously arrested three suspects for the attempted assassination - a 38-year-old Tunisian man, a 27-year-old Colombian man, and a 27-year-old woman from Den Bosch. Investigators believe the assassination attempt was orchestrated by Sami Bekal Bounouare, who the police …

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1 month, 1 week ago

A French student who was arrested and detained in Tunisia returns to Paris

Associated Press

PARIS — A French doctoral student detained in Tunisia returned to Paris on Friday after weeks of top-level diplomatic discussions. Tunisian authorities in recent years have arrested journalists, activists and opposition figures, but Dupont’s arrest garnered international attention and condemnation because of his nationality and because he wasn’t known as a critic of the government. Dupont’s arrest provoked concerns about …

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1 month, 4 weeks 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.

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

12 migrants die off Tunisia's Mediterranean coast after their boat sinks

Hindustan Times

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia's coast guard on Monday found 12 bodies of migrants, including three young children, off the Mediterranean coast, as authorities struggle to stem unauthorized boat crossings from North Africa to Europe. 12 migrants die off Tunisia's Mediterranean coast after their boat sinks The bodies were recovered after a boat carrying more than 50 people, mostly Tunisians, sank …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Tunisia's coast guard finds bodies of 13 migrants washed up on its shores

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3 months ago

Lawyers ask the ICC to investigate a crackdown on opposition in Tunisia and claims of migrant abuse

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3 months ago

Families of jailed Tunisians to urge ICC to probe migrant abuse: Report

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Lawyer leading case says International Criminal Court must act with ‘full force … to protect those most vulnerable’. Relatives of jailed Tunisian opposition figures plan to file a submission to the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged rights violations against migrants and refugees in the country, The Guardian newspaper reports. The move planned for next week by the group, which …

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3 months, 1 week ago

The presidential campaign season in Tunisia is officially underway a day after protests

Associated Press

TUNIS, Tunisia — The official start of the presidential campaign season in Tunisia began on Saturday, a day after Tunisians took their anger to the streets of the capital to decry what protesters say is the deteriorating state of the country. More than a decade later, Ben Abdelslam said he was worried about the growing number of political figures who’ve …

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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 …

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4 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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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5 months ago

Tunisian President Saied says he will seek re-election in October

Al Jazeera

As president runs for new term, critics say credible polls can’t be held unless jailed opposition politicians are freed. Saied’s announcement comes as the opposition says fair and credible elections cannot be held unless imprisoned politicians are released and the media is allowed to do its job without pressure from the government. “I officially announce my candidacy for the October …

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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 …

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5 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 …

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5 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 …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Elina Svitolina ends Ons Jabeur's Wimbledon dream in third round

Hindustan Times

Fifty one weeks after a heartbroken Ons Jabeur trudged off Wimbledon's Centre Court with tears streaking down her face after a second successive defeat in the final, the tormented Tunisian was left to digest another painful loss on Saturday. Elina Svitolina Ukraine reacts after win ng a point against Ons Jabeur of Tunisia during their third round match at the …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Wimbledon 2024: Svitolina ends Jabeur’s Wimbledon dream in third round

The Hindu

Fifty one weeks after a heartbroken Ons Jabeur trudged off Wimbledon’s Centre Court with tears streaking down her face after a second successive defeat in the final, the tormented Tunisian was left to digest another painful loss on Saturday. Jabeur’s long cherished dream to hold aloft the Venus Rosewater Dish was dashed for at least another year following a brutal …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Gunman in Spanish politician’s shooting was set to kill Iranian in the Netherlands: Prosecutors

NL Times

The 38-year-old Tunisian man arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of shooting Spanish politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras was also preparing to assassinate an Iranian activist and journalist, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service said on Wednesday. Sources previously told Spanish newspaper El País that the Tunisian man is Mehrez Ayari, the suspected gunman during the attack on Vidal-Quadras in Madrid last November. …

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6 months ago

Beauty influencer, 36, dies after suffering heart attack on yacht holiday in Malta

Hindustan Times

A Tunisian beauty influencer died following a suspected heart attack while onboard a yacht during her holiday in Malta. In the previous post from Italy, she wrote, “I can spend my life eating spaghetti alle vongole o al pomodoro, drinking prosecco, wearing Prada and singing Eros Ramazzoti's songs.” Take a look at her last Instagram post: Friends, fans shocked at …

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6 months, 1 week ago

‘My crew are my brothers’: Inside Tunisia’s dance revolution

Al Jazeera

Breakdance ‘battles’ between competing crews and a steep rise in the popularity of contemporary dance are fuelling a renaissance in Tunisia. “It was a lot more rural compared to Tunis, there were no cultural or dance initiatives there.” Slightly abashed, Chebbi confesses: “I only started dancing after I watched the film, Step Up.” The American film charts the love story …

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20 migrants die in a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia

Shipwreck off Tunisia's coast claims 20 migrant workers' lives, 5 rescued

Truth Behind '500-Yr-Old Torah Scroll In Bashar al-Assad Basement' In Syria

Two new suspects arrested for attempt to assassinate Iranian activist in Haarlem

A French student who was arrested and detained in Tunisia returns to Paris

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

12 migrants die off Tunisia's Mediterranean coast after their boat sinks

Tunisia's coast guard finds bodies of 13 migrants washed up on its shores

Lawyers ask the ICC to investigate a crackdown on opposition in Tunisia and claims of migrant abuse

Families of jailed Tunisians to urge ICC to probe migrant abuse: Report

The presidential campaign season in Tunisia is officially underway a day after protests

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

A candidate cull ahead of Tunisia’s presidential election

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

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

Tunisian President Saied says he will seek re-election in October

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

Tunisian presidential candidate Lotfi Mraihi barred from contesting elections for life

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

Elina Svitolina ends Ons Jabeur's Wimbledon dream in third round

Wimbledon 2024: Svitolina ends Jabeur’s Wimbledon dream in third round

Gunman in Spanish politician’s shooting was set to kill Iranian in the Netherlands: Prosecutors

Beauty influencer, 36, dies after suffering heart attack on yacht holiday in Malta

‘My crew are my brothers’: Inside Tunisia’s dance revolution