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The public prosecutor in Tunisia on Friday appealed the decision to release opposition figure Chaima Issa, who has been detained since February on suspicion of "conspiring against state security,"...
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United Nations Human Rights chief, Volker Turk, on Friday called on Tunisia to stop restricting media freedoms and said it was criminalising independent journalism since President Kais Saied seized...
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Tunisia's President, Kais Saied, told the International Monetary Fund's Managing Director that the Fund's conditions to provide financial support to the North African country risks sparking civil unrest, the Tunisian presidency...
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Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi arrived in the French capital, Paris, yesterday to attend the two-day Summit for a New Global Financing Pact which will begin today. Egypt's Presidential Spokesperson...
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Tunisian President Kais Saied began an official visit to France yesterday, with the opposition warned against succumbing to European pressures to settle migrants in Tunisia. The Tunisian presidency stated...
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A Tunisian judge ordered the detention of prominent journalist Zied El Heni on charges of insulting President Kais Saied during a radio broadcast. The arrest raises concerns about freedom...
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Tunisia said yesterday that it had thwarted eight irregular migration attempts and arrested 139 migrants over the weekend, Anadolu news agency reported. In a statement, National Guard spokesman Hosam Eddin Al-Jababli...
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It was reported that the assailant was apprehended after being shot and wounded in the leg.
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On Monday, Tunisian President, Kais Saied, stated that his country "will not accept to be the guardian of any other country's borders or to settle migrants on its territory."...
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A wave of arrests targeting politicians, journalists, activists, judges, and business people has been occurring in Tunisia since February 11.
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On Friday, an interrogation session began at the Judicial Pole for Counter-terrorism in Tunisia, with the President of the National Salvation Front, lawyer Ahmed Najib Chebbi, on charges of...
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An official source in Italy has said that authorities have deported over 2,300 Tunisian migrants who entered the country illegally, placing Tunisians at the forefront of migrants from the...
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The former director of Tunisian President Kais Saied's office, Nadia Akacha has accused the president of "spying" on military leaders using the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware and preventing the Coronavirus...
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Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has criticized his country's restoration of diplomatic relations with the regime of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria and its return to the Arab League, Al-Quds...
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Political opponents of Tunisia's President Kais Saied have criticised Europe's proposed financial aid package, cautioning against what they call the "Mediterranean Deal". They decry the fact that the deal...
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A group of anonymous scholars and journalists from Sfax in Tunisia have written a shocking and deeply racist open letter accusing African migrants of "invading Tunisian territory." An anonymous...
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A senior member of Tunisia's Ennahda movement has started a hunger strike in protest against his "unjustified detention without charges." Ahmed Mshergui is the head of the office of...
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The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced yesterday that the European Union will provide financial support to Tunisia to bolster its struggling economy and combat...
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More than 50 professors from law faculties in Tunisia signed a petition demanding the immediate release of all political prisoners and detainees of conscience "who have been thrown into...
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Mohamed Al-Qoumani, a prominent leader in Tunisia's Ennahda Movement, has announced his resignation from the party due to what he described as differences in perspectives with the party leadership....
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Tunisia's Defence Ministry said, Thursday, it had lost contact with a 4-crew military helicopter, Anadolu Agency reports. According to the report, the Ministry said the helicopter went missing late...
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Islamic intellectuals have launched a campaign calling for the release of the leader of the Ennahda Movement, Rashid Ghannouchi, and other political prisoners in Tunisia. Approximately 150 Islamic thinkers,...
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'Better a pig than a fascist' read the sign of Tunisian protesters, presumably in reference to Tunisia's leader Kais Saied and Italy's Georgia Meloni who have gained notoriety for their anti-immigrant speeches. This comes against the backdrop of a meeting between the two leaders in the Tunisian capital to discuss an aid package for Tunisia and the growing pressure on the North African country to accept an IMF loan.
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The independence of the judiciary was on the agenda for Tunisian President Kais Saied's meeting with Minister of Justice Leila Jaffal earlier this week, it was announced yesterday. The...
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On Tuesday, the head of the National Salvation Front in Tunisia, Ahmed Chebbi, accused the government of "continued repression" since 25 July 2021. Chebbi said: "The only function of the Tunisian state since Kais Saied's...
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The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General, Jassem Mohamed Al Budaiwi, met in Tunis on Monday with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration, and Tunisians Abroad, Nabil Ammar, Saudi Gazette reports....
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The Ennahda Movement said yesterday that it held the Tunisian authorities responsible for the life of its leader, Sahbi Atigue, after his health deteriorated due to his ongoing hunger...
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Tunisian Interior Minister Kamal Feki called for widening security cooperation with Turkiye on Friday, pointing out that his country enjoys "strong relations" with it. This came during a meeting with...
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The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TiKA) on Friday opened a hall equipped with interactive digital equipment for teaching the Turkish language at Sadiki College in the capital, Tunis....
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The Tunisian Coast Guard recovered a child's body off the country's eastern coast on Friday, following the sinking of a migrant boat, according to a photographer working with Agence...
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US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, has described the situation in Tunisia as "extremely complicated", Anadolu news agency reported. "The social space has begun...
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June 1, 2023
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Eric Goldstein
It's been a year since President Kais Saied of Tunisia fired 57 judges and prosecutors, accusing them of financial and "moral" corruption and obstructing investigations. That day, Saied issued...