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TUNIS — A methodical standoff is underway between Tunisia's legal profession and public authorities. The National Bar Association’s Council, meeting in an ordinary session on May 13, 2026, has decided to launch a series of regional...
They had waited months for a different outcome. On Tuesday, Tunisia's judicial system gave them none. The criminal chamber of the Tunis Court of Appeal upheld the sentences of three years and six months in prison...

Tunisian Court Sentences Journalist Zied Heni to One Year in Prison

May 7 (Reuters) - A Tunisian court sentenced the ⁠prominent ⁠reporter Zied Heni to ⁠one year in prison on Thursday, after he criticized a...

In Tunisia, the UN Documents a Growing Crackdown on Journalists and Rights Defenders

This is no longer an isolated warning. It is a documented finding, delivered from Geneva by the United Nations' highest moral authority on human...

Foreign visitors return to Jewish pilgrimage in Tunisia under tight security

DJERBA, Tunisia - Imen Oueslati / (AP) — The annual Jewish pilgrimage to the 26-century-old El-Ghriba Synagogue in Tunisia drew a modest but notable...

The PPDS central council April 2026 session: A party caught between memory of a militant and present-day crises

It was an unusual political gathering, held under the shadow of both a recent loss and a growing sense of national drift. The central...

Tunisia: Sihem Ben Sedrine, from transitional justice to legal proceedings – NGOs denounce “procedural harassment”

The Tunisian association Takato (Crossroads for Rights and Freedoms) published, on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, a note titled "Sihem Ben Sedrine: From the path...

Posthumous accusations and cell rumors: How a long-term prisoner mobilizes Kissinger from beyond the grave

The specialized criminal chamber for terrorist cases at the Tunis Court of First Instance has decided to postpone until May 26, 2026, the examination...

Tunisia: Detention warrant issued against former bar association president Chawki Tabib as part of a fifth judicial case

The former bar association president and ex-president of the National Instance for the Fight against Corruption (Inlucc), Chawki Tabib, was placed under a detention...

When “Tunisian media” become platforms for hate: Open racism against sub-Saharan migrants

Two Tunisian journalists have recently fueled a deep controversy within the country's civil society. The first, an employee of Tunisian National Radio, a public...

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