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Brahim Bouderbala, the new Speaker of Tunisia’s brand new legislature, pledged Monday to re-affirm press freedom and good ties with journalists, even though state banned private and international media outlets to cover the first plenary of lawmakers elected during December 17 unpopular legislatives. Tunisians authorities barred private and international media to the first plenary of […]
EuroMed Rights NGO has voiced deep concern over the escalating oppression in Kaïs Saïed’s Tunisia which has intensified its campaign of arrests, intimidation, denigration and targeted attacks against political opponents, journalists, trade unionists and civil society representatives. The vocal critics of the Tunisian regime are unfairly accused of conspiracy to undermine state security, corruption, or […]
Tunisia is mired in an economic and financial crisis worsened by the backpedalling to autocracy as president Kais Saied intensifies his crackdown on critics, while picking migrants as scapegoats. The one-man ruled country could be denied an IMF lifeline of 2 billion dollars as it shuns painful reforms, including cutting subsidies. Last week, Fitch rating […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied announced the dissolution of municipal councils, months before the municipal elections, further dismantling the systems of government developed after the 2011 revolution that brought democracy. “We will discuss a decree to dissolve municipalities and replace them by special councils,” he said in a video of a cabinet meeting that was posted […]
Hundreds of Sub Saharans have called for the boycott of Tunisian products in reaction to treatment of Sub Saharan migrants in the North African country following racial statement made by leader Kais Saied. Several people from Sub-Saharan countries took to social media for the boycott with some hashtag calling to boycott Tunisian goods and products. […]
The World Bank said it halted cooperation with Tunisia after a surge in racism in the country triggered by anti-migrant speech by its president. President Kais Saied stoked racism in the country, triggering a spate of state-condoned violent acts that affected many Sub-Saharans living in the country. News agencies, including Reuters, said the World Bank […]
The head of the Tunisian National Salvation Front (NSFT) has vowed weekly protests in Tunis capital until detained opposition figures are released, in an utter defiance of authorities who banned the Sunday demonstration. Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, the current leader of the opposition made the announcement during the large-scale protest by the NSFT on Sunday. Chebbi […]
The African Union (AU) has postponed sine die the “Pan African Network Conference on Fighting IFFs in Africa”, a continental conference initially scheduled in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, on March 15 to 17. The AU did not provide reasons for the postponement, but the move comes amid soar relations between Tunisian authorities and Addis Ababa […]
Tunisia’s top diplomat Nabil Ammar Tuesday said the North African country will not apologize for shocking statements, branded “racist” by many, made by President Kais Saied against Sub-Saharan migrants. President Kais Saied sparked an outcry last week after he made extremely hateful and racist remarks against African migrants who arrive in his country on their […]
The African Union (AU) has joined the voices that have condemned remarks by Tunisia’s authoritarian president targeting Sub-Saharan migrants in his country and have warned against this “hate speech” that could bring harm. President Kais Saied sparked an outcry this week after he made extremely hateful and racist remarks against African migrants who arrive in […]