Shield and Alert: Maghreb Bound

Tunisia arrests secular opposition politician Jawhar Ben MbarekF

Tunisian security forces have arrested Jawhar Ben Mbarek, the most prominent opposition figure to be rounded up in an escalating campaign of detentions targeting rivals of President Kais Saied. "Jawhar was arrested late last night and we haven't seen the charges...
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Tunisia: Presidential ‘hate speech’ on migrants causes public outcryF

Tunisian rights groups accused on Wednesday President Kais Saied of racism and hate speech after he said "hordes" of sub-Saharan African migrants were causing crime and posed a demographic threat. Saied, who has seized almost total power since a dramatic July 2021...
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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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