Tunisia Bound

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...

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...

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....

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...