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Category: Tunisia
Tunisia: Arrest of an opposition party leader
The leader of the Free Destourian Party (PDL), one of the main opposition parties in Tunisia, was placed in conditional detention on Tuesday after she ... Read More
Cash-strapped Tunis rejects EU’s migration control for money deal
Tunisia’s authoritarian president Kais Saied rejected an EU offer for aid in return for a tighter control on illegal migration. “Tunisia rejects what the EU ... Read More
Tunisian NGO slams ‘instrumentalization’ of justice against political opponents
The Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH) has launched a fervent plea, urging the authorities to abandon legal proceedings against two lawyers who have been ... Read More
Ghannouchi to start hunger strike this Friday September 29
Tunisia’s Ennahda Party leader Rached Ghannouchi is set to start this Friday September 29 a hunger strike from prison to protest against his detention since ... Read More
Russia invites Tunisia’s top diplomat Nabil Ammar to Moscow to bolster ties
Nabil Ammar, Tunisia’s Foreign Minister, is expected in Moscow on September 26 at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, in a bid to ... Read More
Amnesty International deplores Algeria’s and Tunisia’s failure to protect refugee rights
Amnesty International has reiterated its call for the release of an Algerian refugee who was kidnapped from Tunis and indicted in Algiers on bogus charges, ... Read More
Tunisia to probe nationwide power blackout
A court in Tunisia announced Wednesday September 20 investigations into the causes of a power blackout that plunged the entire country into darkness for several ... Read More
Tunisia: NGOs raise alarm over dire conditions of Sub-Saharan Migrants in Sfax
Tunisian civil society organizations have sounded the alarm about the precarious situation of Sub-Saharan migrants in Sfax, in southeastern Tunisia, calling for urgent intervention to ... Read More
Tunisia issues international arrest warrants against top staff officials
Tunisia’s ministry of Justice announced the issuance of international arrest warrants against 12 people including ex-Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and former Chief of Staff of ... Read More
Tunisia: Ennahdha calls for release of interim leader Mondher Ounissi; condemns arrest of president of Shura Council Abdelkarim Harouni
The Ennahdha Movement has called, in a statement published on its official page, for the release of its interim president, Mondher Ounissi, expressing full solidarity ... Read More