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DARK SECRETS: Skirmishes as police block tunisia protests against july referendum | Vintage Vibes

Tunisian Workers' Party spokesman Hamma Hammami was among the demonstrators stopped by police on Saturday [Fethi Belaid/AFP]

Clashes have erupted between Tunisian police and demonstrators against President Kais Saied as about 100 people protested a referendum slated for July – a year after Saied staged what critics call a coup.

Police blocked protesters as they marched on Saturday towards the headquarters of the electoral board, whose chief Saied replaced last month in a further move to extend his control of state institutions.

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