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Families ask human rights court to free jailed Tunisian opposition leaders

Daughters of Rached Ghannouchi and Said Ferjani demand justice amid continuing crackdown on dissent by President Saied

The Guardian - UK

Tunisian court frees prominent media critic of president on bail

A Tunisian appeals court on Wednesday released media owner Noureddine Boutar on bail, his Mosaique FM ratio station said, months after his arrest alongside prominent critics of President Kais Saied.

Reuters

Families of jailed Tunisian leaders approach Africa court

Families of detained opposition members in Tunisia have filed a case at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

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Human rights groups condemn attacks on Tunisia’s judiciary

Thirty-seven groups, both Tunisian and international, voiced concern over the crackdown on the judiciary’s independence.

Al Jazeera

Police question two Tunisian journalists after controversial show

Activists and media protest as the journalists are interrogated for criticising the security forces.

Al Jazeera

Tourism dreams and violence woes after Tunisia’s Djerba attack

Kais Saied’s government is working hard to minimise the recent attack on the Ghriba Synagogue, hoping to save tourism.

Al Jazeera

Tunisian leader calls meeting with Syria's Assad 'historic,' buries memories of Arab Spring

Smiles, a handshake and what Tunisian President Kais Saied called a “historic meeting” with the long-ostracized Syrian leader Bashar Assad

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Tunisia police to investigate two top journalists, radio station says

Tunisia's most popular independent radio station on Thursday said two of its top broadcasters, critics of President Kais Saied, have been summoned by police for questioning, amid fears of an escalating government campaign against the media.

Reuters

Tunisia frees two students arrested for satirical song criticising police

A Tunisian judge on Thursday freed two students arrested over a satirical song criticising the police, after President Kais Saied said their detention was "totally unacceptable" and called for their release, their lawyers said.

Reuters

Tunisia a ‘ticking time bomb’ as Saied cracks down on opposition

Experts and relatives of detained politicians raise alarm on the government’s heavy hand.

Al Jazeera

Tunisian president evokes 'tolerance' after synagogue attack

Tunis (AFP) - Tunisian President Kais Saied has hosted Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders following a deadly mass shooting outside a local synagogue, telling them Tunisia was a country of "tolerance and coexistence".

AFP

Tunisia president pledges safety for Jewish citizens after synagogue attack

Tunisian president Kais Saied pledged on Wednesday to guarantee the safety of Jewish citizens and their temples, after meeting the country's chief rabbi in the wake of a deadly attack at a synagogue.

Reuters

More than 100 academics call for Ghannouchi’s release in Tunisia

Some 150 signatories call for the release of opposition leader Ghannouchi, saying his arrest is part of a ‘witch hunt’.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia detains two students over satirical song criticizing police

Tunisian police arrested two students over a satirical song criticizing the police, their lawyer said on Wednesday, reinforceing fears of an erosion of freedom of speech after President Kais Saied seized most powers two years ago.

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The Independent UK

Tunisia's moderate Islamist leader sentenced in absentia to year in prison

A court has sentenced moderate Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi to a year in prison for allegedly referring to police officers as tyrants in what his party said early Tuesday amounted to a sham trial

AFP

Tunisia sentences opposition chief to one year's prison: media

Tunis (AFP) - A Tunisian court on Monday sentenced Rached Ghannouchi, one of the main opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied, to a year in prison on terrorism-related charges, local media reported.

Reuters

Tunisian judge sentences opposition leader Ghannouchi to a year in absentia

A Tunisian judge on Monday sentenced opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, to a year in absentia on charges of incitement, his lawyer Monia Bouali said.

Al Jazeera

Media rights retreat in Tunisia as gov’t tightens freedoms

Government restrictions are reducing the number of media outlets that are still speaking with an independent voice.

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Deadly synagogue attack in Tunisia was premeditated, interior minister says

A Tunisian national guardsman behind an attack that killed five people intentionally targeted the ancient synagogue on the Mediterranean island of Djerba in a premeditated act, Tunisia's interior minister said Thursday.

The Independent UK

Deadly Tunisian synagogue attack was premeditated and targeted temple, interior minister says

Tunisia’s interior minister says a national guardsman behind an attack that killed five people intentionally targeted an ancient synagogue in a premeditated act

Al Jazeera

Who are some of the key opposition figures targeted in Tunisia?

Thirty opposition figures deemed critical of president have been arrested in recent months, Human Rights Watch says.

Radio France Internationale

France denounces antisemitism as Tunisia probes synagogue attack

Tunisian authorities have opened an investigation into a shooting attack at the historic El Ghriba synagogue on the island of Djerba that left five people dead, including one Frenchman. France has called out antisemitism, while Tunisia's President sought to reassure people that his country was still safe.

Reuters

Analysis-North Africa backslides toward swirling debt troubles

Tunisia and Egypt are edging closer to major debt crises that could suck in a volatile North Africa region and pose tough choices to wealthy Gulf Arab neighbours, investors and analysts warn.

AFP

Tunisia 'safe', president says after 5 killed outside synagogue

Djerba (Tunisia) (AFP) - Tunisian President Kais Saied on Wednesday sought to reassure the world over the safety of his country, an important tourist destination, after a police officer shot dead five people, most of them outside Africa's oldest synagogue.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’d leave too if I could’: Tunisian club whose footballers all left for Europe

In five years Ghardimaou has lost 65 players, in exodus from country blamed on political instability and lack of jobs

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