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Tunisia: Judicial harassment against former Parliamentary Speaker Rached Ghannouchi intensifiesF

Tunisia's former parliamentary speaker Rached Ghannouchi appeared in court Tuesday on new terror-related charges after being accused of calling police officers "tyrants", his party said. Ghannouchi, who leads President Kais Saied's arch-foes the Islamist-inspired...
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Morocco: Appeals court reduces sentence of rights activist Rida Benotmane but he is still in prisonF

A Moroccan appeals court halved the sentence of rights activist Rida Benotmane, jailed for social media posts calling for rallies against "abuses by security forces", his lawyer said Tuesday. "The sentence has been reduced to a year and a half in prison," said lawyer...
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Algeria arrests four over dissident who fled to FranceF

Algerian authorities have placed four people in pre-trial detention over the "illegal" departure of wanted French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui, prosecutors said Tuesday. A prisoners' rights group said Bouraoui's 71-year-old mother had also been detained but later...
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Egyptian Coptic Christians who were kidnapped in Libya are still detained in an illegal immigration centerF

Egypt's government said Friday it was "working around the clock" to secure the release of six Egyptian Coptic Christians who were kidnapped in conflict-ravaged Libya. "The six Egyptians are detained in an illegal immigration centre in western Libya," the foreign...
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