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Hundreds in Tunisia protest against president’s anti-migrant clampdown

March follows Kais Saied’s allegation that undocumented sub-Saharan migrants were part of plot to change country’s culture

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of protesters denounce racism in Tunisia

Hundreds of protesters in Tunisia's capital have taken to the streets to denounce racism and express solidarity towards migrants

The Independent UK

African Union condemns Tunisia’s ‘hate speech’ against migrants

President Kais Saied claimed migration from sub-Saharan Africa was aimed at changing his country’s demographic makeup.

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African Union criticises Tunisia over 'racialised hate speech' against migrants

TUNIS - The African Union (AU) has criticised Tunisia and urged it to avoid "racialised hate speech" after President Kais Saied ordered the expulsion of undocumented migrants and said immigration was a plot aimed at changing his country's demographic make-up .

Reuters

Xenophobia grows amidst raids and repeated attacks on sub-Saharan Africans in Tunisia

Tunisian law enforcement has launched a wave of repression against the country’s sub-Saharan African population, carrying out random identity checks and sometimes violently arresting them, leaving their children abandoned and offering no access to any kind of legal support. Xenophobic and racist sentiments have also been circulating widely on Tunisian…

France 24

Tunisia judge imprisons politicians, businessman amid crackdown

A wave of raids and arrests has targeted opposition figures and government critics.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia Sentences Algerian-French dissident to Jail in Absentia

French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui, whose "exfiltration" via Tunisia sparked a diplomatic incident with Paris, was sentenced in absentia on Friday to three years in prison for illegally entering Tunisia, her lawyer said. Bouraoui had been banned from leaving Algeria after being sentenced to two years in jail for "offending Islam"…

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Tunisia's Saied denies racism but repeats view that migration is a plot

The Tunisian president on Thursday repeated his assertion that an increase of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa was part of a conspiracy to change Tunisia's demographics and denied criticism by rights groups that his views were racist.

Reuters

Tunisia’s president calls for halt to sub-Saharan immigration amid crackdown on opposition

Kais Saied claims migrants are part of campaign to make country ‘purely African’ in move critics say is to distract from economic crisis

The Guardian - UK

Tunisia: Rights Groups Slam ‘Racist' Migrant Comments

Tunisian rights groups accused on Wednesday President Kais Saied of racism and hate speech after he said "hordes" of sub-Saharan African migrants were causing crime and posed a demographic threat. A statement from his office, decrying "a criminal plot...

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia detains more dissidents amid growing crackdown

Tunisian police detained two prominent dissidents and surrounded the home of a third on Wednesday, part of an escalating crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied, who has labelled his opponents traitors and criminals.

Reuters

Tunisia’s Ghannouchi in Court Again for Incitement against Police

Rached Ghannouchi, Tunisia's former parliament speaker, appeared before an investigative judge on Tuesday to be questioned on suspicion of incitement against the police, which he and his Ennahda party deny. Ghannouchi's lawyer said the accusation was based on a complaint by police about a speech he gave last year at…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisian President Says Migration to Tunisia Aimed at Changing Demography

Tunisia's President Kais Saied denounced undocumented sub-Saharan African immigration to his country on Tuesday, saying in comments criticized by rights groups that it was aimed at changing Tunisia's demographic make-up. Speaking in a meeting with the National Security Council in comments the presidency later published online, Saied said the influx…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia's ex-speaker in court on new terror charges

Tunis (AFP) - Tunisia's former parliamentary speaker Rached Ghannouchi appeared in court Tuesday on new terror-related charges after being accused of calling police officers "tyrants", his party said.

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Reuters

Tunisian opposition leader in court on incitement charges

Rached Ghannouchi, Tunisia's former parliament speaker and head of its biggest political party, appeared before an investigative judge on Tuesday to be questioned on suspicion of incitement against the police, which he and his Ennahda party deny.

AFP

Tunisia's Ennahdha leader faces new police investigation

Tunis (AFP) - The head of Tunisia's dissolved parliament is facing a new police inquiry, his Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party said Monday, days after a string of arrests mainly targeting opposition political figures.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia’s Ennahdha party says leader summoned for questioning

Ghannouchi, speaker of dissolved parliament, told to appear at police station after arrests of president’s critics.

Reuters

Tunisian police summon opposition leader for questioning -party spokesperson

Tunisian police have summoned the head of the biggest opposition party for questioning, the party said, after arrests this month that targeted critics of President Kais Saied raised concerns over free speech and political rights.

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The Independent UK

Tunisia orders top European trade union official expelled

Tunisian President Kais Saied has accused Europe's top trade union official of interfering with the North African country's “internal affairs” and ordered her to leave the country within 24 hours

Al Jazeera

Tunisia unions protest against economic woes, official’s arrest

Thousands protest against president’s policies, accusing him of trying to stifle basic freedoms including union rights.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisians Hold Mass Protests

Thousands of members of Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union took to the streets of eight cities on Saturday to protest against President Kais Saied's policies and worsening economic woes. The protests in eight cities marked an escalation in the union's confrontation with Saied and followed its criticism of the recent…

Reuters

Powerful Tunisian trade union defies president with mass protests

Thousands of members of Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union took to the streets of eight cities on Saturday to protest against President Kais Saied's policies, accusing him of trying to stifle basic freedoms including union rights.

The Guardian - UK

Tunisia crackdown on opposition and media alarms rights groups

Ten public figures arrested since Saturday as President Kais Saied pursues what Amnesty calls a repression of dissent

Al Jazeera

Wave of raids, arrests target government critics in Tunisia

The crackdown on opponents of President Saied has sparked international criticism and fears of a return to autocracy.

Reuters

Tunisia president rejects foreign interference after U.S. concern over arrests

Tunisia's president on Thursday rejected "foreign interference and harm to the country's sovereignty" after the United States raised concerns over a recent wave of arrests of his critics.

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