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Tunisian bar association accuses policemen of torturing a lawyer during detention
WSAU Wausau· 2 days agoTUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian lawyer Mahdi Zagrouba was tortured by police officers after being arrested on Monday, lawyers and a human rights organisation ...
Tunisia denies torturing detained lawyer who collapsed in court
Reuters via AOL· 2 days agoTUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia's interior ministry on Thursday dismissed accusations by lawyers and a rights group that police officers had tortured a detained ...
Tunisian lawyers go on strike, protest against alleged police abuse
WSAU Wausau· 1 day agoTUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian lawyers began a one-day nationwide strike on Thursday, with hundreds taking to the streets of the capital, to protest against ...
EU asks Tunisia for clarification over arrests of journalists and activists
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 days agoTUNIS (Reuters) -The European Union said on Tuesday it was concerned about the wave of arrests of...
Tunisian police storm lawyers’ headquarters and arrest another lawyer
WHTC 1450 Holland· 4 days agoTUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police stormed the bar association's headquarters for the second time in...
Tunisia extends the detention of two journalists, lawyers begin a strike
WSAU Wausau· 4 days agoTUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's public prosecutor extended on Monday the detention of two journalists, while lawyers began a one-day strike to protest against ...
Two Tunisian journalists jailed pending trial, bolstering fears for free speech
Reuters· 2 days agoA Tunisian judge on Wednesday ordered the imprisonment of two prominent journalists pending trial, their families and lawyers said, reinforcing fears of a widespread campaign aimed at silencing ...
Tunisia lawyer arrested during live news broadcast
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSome 60 journalists, lawyers and opposition members have been held under the decree, AFP quotes the National Union of Tunisian Journalists as saying....
Tunisian police arrest prominent lawyer critical of president
Reuters· 5 days agoTunisian police stormed the building of the Deanship of Lawyers on Saturday and arrested Sonia Dahmani, a lawyer known for her fierce criticism of President Kais Saied, according to three people ...