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Tunisian opposition party leader sentenced to 3 years as crackdown on president's critics continues
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe head of Tunisia's largest opposition party was sentenced to three years in prison in the latest...
Tunisia police arrest three prominent officials of Ennahda party
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTunisian police arrested three prominent officials of the main opposition Ennahda party on Tuesday,...
Tunisia's ex-president Moncef Marzouki sentenced to 8 years in absentia
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA court in Tunisia sentenced former president Moncef Marzouki to eight years in prison in absentia...
Tunisia's path from revolution to presidential power grab
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTunisia holds an election for a new parliament on Saturday. Opposition parties say the legislative...
Tunisia extends the detention of two journalists, lawyers begin a strike
Reuters via AOL· 3 days agoTunisia's public prosecutor extended on Monday the detention of two journalists, while lawyers began a one-day strike to protest against the arrest of a prominent critic of the president, amid ...
Tunisia detains cartoonist over drawings mocking prime minister
Reuters via AOL· 8 months agoTUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia's public prosecutor on Thursday detained the cartoonist Tawfiq Omrane over drawings mocking the prime minister, Omrane's lawyer said, fuelling concern among free speech ...
Tunisia's Saied unpicks 'Arab spring' democracy
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Kais Saied has dramatically reshaped Tunisian politics in his favour since mid-2021, amassing near total power in what critics see as a march...
Tunisia sentences four people to death for 2013 assassination of politician
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian court on Wednesday sentenced four people to death and two to life in prison on charges of participating in the murder of prominent political leader Chokri Belaid ...
Tunisians vote in local elections on Sunday to fill a new chamber as economy flatlines
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThis is the environment in which Tunisians will head to the polls on Sunday for the country's first...
UPDATE 1-Tunisia court sentences ex-president Marzouki to 8 years in absentia
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoA Tunisian court sentenced former President Moncef Marzouki to eight years in prison in absentia on Friday on charges of assaulting the state security and inciting Tunisians against each other ...