Tag: Kais Saied

Tunisia: Calls for the release of French researcher Victor Dupont

November 13, 2024

Despite ongoing diplomatic efforts, French researcher Victor Dupont, who was arrested on October 19 in Tunisia, remains in custody, and his friends and colleagues at ... Read More

Tunisia’s incumbent President Saied set to win presidential election

October 7, 2024

The Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) has announced that the preliminary results of the 2024 presidential election will be released today, Monday, October 7, ... Read More

Sonia Dahmani sentenced to 8 months in prison for criticizing Tunisian President

September 12, 2024

On Wednesday September 11, Tunisian lawyer and columnist Sonia Dahmani was sentenced to eight months in prison on appeal for her critical remarks about President ... Read More

Tunisia: Kaïs Saïed carries out again a wide-ranging ministerial reshuffle

August 26, 2024

On Sunday, August 25, 2024, the President of Tunisia executed a significant reshuffle of his Government, appointing 22 new ministers and Secretaries of State, as ... Read More

Tunisia: Former presidential candidate Safi Saïd released after one day in prison

August 23, 2024

On August 22, the Tunisian judiciary ordered the release of opposition politician Safi Saïd. Saïd, a former candidate in the 2014 and 2019 presidential elections ... Read More

Tunisia: Kais Saied to run for elections against only two contenders

August 12, 2024

The Tunisian electoral commission has only accepted bids by three candidates, including incumbent president Kais Saied, who is accused by his opponents of using the ... Read More

Tunisia’s Saied intensifies crackdown on political opponents ahead of his re-election

July 21, 2024

Tunisia’s Kais Saied, who made the unsurprising announcement of his re-election bid, has been using the judiciary to ban political opponents from partaking in October ... Read More

Tunisia: Another political rival of Kais Saied eliminated from presidential race

July 4, 2024

The leader of Tunisian Republican Union Party, Lotfi Mraihi, who has announced his intention to run for President in the elections of October 2024, has ... Read More

Anti-doping: Tunisia Facing Tougher Sanctions for Non-Compliance with International Rules

May 13, 2024

Tunisia’s Kais Saied is facing serious consequences after violating the sanctions imposed on it by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for failing to abide by ... Read More

On the footsteps of Tebboune, Tunisia’s Saied maintains opacity over his second term

April 8, 2024

Tunisia under Kais Saied is on the footsteps of Authoritarian Algeria. Mimicking Tebboune, Saied uses a rhetoric imbued with conspiracy theories, the threat of the ... Read More