Tunisia Bound

Tunisian judges stage strike to protest closure of Supreme Judicial CouncilF

Tunisian judges on Wednesday started a widely observed nationwide strike, days after President Kais Saied announced he would dissolve a key judicial watchdog. Saied on the weekend moved to scrap the Supreme Judicial Council (CSM), accusing it of blocking politically...

Tunisia: President Saied under pressure to restore Supreme Judicial CouncilF

Western envoys to Tunisia and the UN rights chief urged President Kais Saied on Tuesday to restore a key judicial watchdog, warning that scrapping it threatens the rule of law. Saied dissolved the Supreme Judicial Council (CSM) on Sunday, months after sacking the...

Tunisia: Police surround judicial watchdog, prevent access to buildingF

Tunisian police on Monday blocked access to the country's top judicial watchdog in a move its chief slammed as "illegal", two days after President Kais Saied dissolved the body. The United States, for its part, said it was "deeply concerned" by Saied's action....

Tunisia: Growing fear that Tunisia may be sliding towards autocracyF

Opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied have condemned his "illegal" decision to dissolve the country's top judicial watchdog, a move experts warned Monday is part of a slide towards autocracy. Tunisia had been lauded as a rare democratic success story following...

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