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Tag: Kais Saied
Tunisia: Calls for the release of French researcher Victor Dupont
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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