Politics

Tunisia: Opposition Parties Demand Release of Political Detainees and Back October 17 March

Freedom issues
 Eight Tunisian political parties issued a joint statement on October 7, 2026, denouncing political trials, supporting hunger strikers, and announcing their participation in the national march scheduled for October 17. The move comes amid persistent economic...

October 17 March: Tunisian National Organizations Call for a Mass Rally in Tunis

Associations and parties
Tunisia's main national organizations have called an October 17 march in Tunis. They announced it on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, after a meeting at the central headquarters of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT). The groups...

UGTT: facing a deepening crisis, Tunisia’s top union confirms its general strike decision

Associations and parties
Meeting on September 9, 2026, at the historic headquarters of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) on Place Mohamed-Ali in Tunis, the union's National...

Pre-trial detention order against journalist Mohamed Yousfi in Tunisia

Associations and parties
An investigating judge at Tunisia's Economic and Financial Judicial Pole issued a pre-trial detention order on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, against journalist Mohamed Yousfi,...

Anas Hmaidi Sentenced: Tunisian Appeals Court Confirms One-Year Prison Term

Associations and parties
He was not in the courtroom on Wednesday, July 1, when the correctional chamber of the Tunis Court of Appeal sealed his fate. Anas...

Sihem Bensedrine Sentenced to 25 Years: A Verdict That Puts Tunisia’s Rule of Law on Trial

Freedom issues
Tunis, June 26, 2026. In the early hours of Friday morning, the specialized criminal chamber for financial corruption at the Tunis Court of First...

Zied El Heni: New Arrest Warrant Issued in Carthage Municipality Corruption Case

Freedom issues
The Indictment Chamber of the Court of Appeal in Tunis issued on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, a new arrest warrant against journalist Ziad El...

Pure factual Tunisia: Anti-Terrorism Court Sentences Ghannouchi to Life Imprisonment in Ennahda Secret Apparatus Case

La Une
It was late on Tuesday evening when the verdict finally fell. Inside the courtroom of the specialized criminal chamber for terrorism cases at the...

Libya: Nasser Al-Senussi’s name circulated to lead next political phase

Politics
In Tripoli, in the corridors of diplomatic missions and the salons of regional powerbrokers, one name has been recurring with discreet insistence over recent...

Tunis Court Sentences Ex-Anti-Corruption Chief Chawki Tabib to 10 Years in Prison

La Une
TUNIS — A Tunis court has sentenced Chawki Tabib, a prominent lawyer and former head of Tunisia’s key anti-corruption body, to ten years in prison...

A Profession in Battle Order: The Tunisian Bar Association Declares Strikes and Red Armbands

La Une
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...

Tunisia’s Appeal Court Upholds Prison Sentences for B.Bessaies and M.Zghidi

La Une
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...

Tunisian Court Sentences Journalist Zied Heni to One Year in Prison

La Une
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

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