First Independent Mena Newspaper
In a move widely interpreted as a deepening of Tunisia’s authoritarian drift, the state has opened on Tuesday May 6 a second sweeping trial against 22 opposition figures, accusing them of conspiring against national security. The new trial comes weeks after a separate mass trial jailed nearly 40 people. The proceedings, dubbed Conspiracy Against State […]
A Tunisian court handed heavy sentences to a group of Tunisian opposition figures on the charge of conspiring against the state, as president Kais Saied tightens the grip while using the judiciary to silence dissidents. The group of 40 individuals, including businessmen, lawyers received sentences ranging from 13 to 66 years in jail. Several critics, […]