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Tunisia: Judicial harassment against former Parliamentary Speaker Rached Ghannouchi intensifiesF

Tunisia: Police call head of dissolved opposition party Ennahdha for more questioningF

The head of Tunisia's dissolved parliament is facing a new police inquiry, his Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party said Monday, days after a string of arrests mainly targeting opposition political figures. Rached Ghannouchi, President Kais Saied's 81-year-old arch-rival,...

Tunisia: Attacks against trade union leaders could backfire on beleaguered President Kais SaiedF

Dozens of Tunisian civil society organisations,parties and political figures on Thursday voiced their "full support" for the powerful UGTT trade union, accusing President Kaid Saied of "targeting" it. The top UGTT official for highway workers, Anis Kaabi, was arrested...

Tunisia foreign minister Othman Jerandi firedF

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday fired the country's top diplomat -- the fourth minister to lose his post this year in the politically divided nation. Nabil Ammar, Tunisia's ambassador to the European Union, will replace Othman Jerandi as foreign minister, the...

Tunisian president evokes ‘tolerance’ after synagogue attackF

May 18, 2023

Tunisian President Kais Saied has hosted Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders following a deadly mass shooting outside...

Tunisia: Senior opposition figure Rached Ghannouchi gets one year in prison, as president moves to authoritarianismF

Tunisia: Senior opposition figure Rached Ghannouchi gets one year in prison, as president moves to authoritarianismF

May 16, 2023

The Tunisian Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party on Tuesday condemned the one-year prison sentence handed to its leader...

Tunisia pushes for more judicial harassment against the media, arrests journalist Khalifa GuesmiF

Tunisia pushes for more judicial harassment against the media, arrests journalist Khalifa GuesmiF

May 16, 2023

A Tunisian appeals court has handed a five-year jail term to a radio journalist for disclosing information about the...

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