Kais Saied
13 Dec
A Tunisian military court on Wednesday sentenced opposition figure Chaima Issa to a one-year suspended prison sentence for "offending" President Kais Saied, her lawyers said. Issa, 43, was found guilty of causing offence to Saied, spreading rumours to harm public security and inciting soldiers to disobey orders, her lawyer, Dalila Ben Mbarek, said in a…
2 Nov
Tunisia's president said Wednesday that the escape of five prisoners convicted of "terrorism" was a well-planned operation that had clearly been in the pipeline for "months".
25 Jul 2023
Some 300 protesters rallied in Tunis Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of President Kais Saied's adoption of sweeping powers and demand the release of some 20 detained opposition figures. "Down with the coup, freedom for all the prisoners," the protesters chanted. Addressing the crowd that gathered in the heart of the capital, braving temperatures…
1 May 2023
Tunisia's largest union on Monday attacked the government's handling of negotiations with the IMF on a loan to bail out the North African country as it slides deeper into debt.
18 Apr 2023
Tunisian authorities closed the offices of Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha on Tuesday, a day after arresting its leader Rached Ghannouchi, a senior party official said. "A police unit showed up at the party's main headquarters (in Tunis) and ordered everyone there to leave before closing it," Riadh Chaibi said. "The police also closed the other…
6 Apr 2023
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday rejected "foreign diktats" from the International Monetary Fund, which is in stalled talks with the heavily indebted country over a bailout package.