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Once A Leading Force, Battered Tunisian Party Awaits Elusive Comeback

The party that once dominated Tunisian politics has faded away since President Kais Saied staged a dramatic power grab, with its offices shuttered and leaders behind bars or in exile.

International Business Times

Tunisia sentences prominent opposition leader to lengthy prison term

A Tunisian court has sentenced 86-year-old Rached Ghannouchi, the head of the Islamist Ennahdha party, to 14 years in prison

The Independent UK

Tunisian court hands lengthy prison sentences to ex-officials

Opposition leader Ghannouchi, ex-PM and former presidential aide sentenced amid President Saied’s crackdown on dissent.

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Allies say Ghannouchi ‘unjustly’ held, as he marks 2 years in Tunisian jail

International Committee for Solidarity with Rached Ghannouchi decries ‘repressive campaign’ against Ennahdha party head.

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Tunisia’s Ennahdha party slams lengthy jail term for its leader Ghannouchi

Opposition party criticises ‘political trial’, saying it is reminiscent of pre-2011 revolution government.

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Democracy campaigners criticise President Saied as polls close in Tunisia

Leader of north African country expected to win second term after jailing opponents and changing constitution

The Guardian - UK

Tunisia presidential election: Who is running and what is at stake?

Just two candidates, one recently jailed, have been approved to challenge incumbent Kais Saied in the October 6 poll.

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Tunisia sees a return of ‘self-censorship’ as fear mounts amid arrests

The recent arrests of two lawyers and two journalists in Tunisia for criticising the situation in the country come amid rising concerns over political and individual freedoms. President Kais Saied seized more powers in 2021 and later signed a decree that outlaws “spreading false news”, which journalists and opposition figures…

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International support for Tunisia’s jailed opposition leader Ghannouchi

International Committee for Solidarity with Rached Ghannouchi says Ennahdha party leader is ‘prisoner of conscience’.

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Tunisia’s press, civil society silent as Ghannouchi sentenced, analysts say

Analysts and rights groups have pointed to the muted response to Ennahda leader’s latest criminal conviction.

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Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi sentenced to three years

Ghannouchi’s Ennahda Party accused of receiving foreign funds as President Kais Saied continues crackdown on opposition.

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Families of jailed Tunisian opposition ask ICC to investigate president

Relatives go to The Hague to pressure the court to go after leaders in Tunis over alleged rights abuses.

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Families of imprisoned Tunisian dissidents head to the International Criminal Court

Family members of jailed lawyers and politicians in Tunisia want the International Criminal Court to investigate claims of political persecution and human rights violations

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Imprisoned Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi starts hunger strike

The 82-year-old opposition leader has been in jail since last April on charges of incitement against Kais Saied’s rule.

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2 top officials of Tunisia's moderate Islamist party arrested while its leader languishes in jail

Tunisian officials have detained a former prime minister for questioning then freed him hours later

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Tunisian police arrest two top officials in Ennahda opposition party

Ennahda interim head Mondher Ounissi and Abdel Karim Harouni, leader of the party’s Shura Council, have been arrested.

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African court orders Tunisia to allow jailed leaders access to lawyers

The African Court has given Tunisian authorities 15 days to implement measures and respond to their calls, lawyers said.

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EU accused of whitewashing Tunisian regime in bid to stem migration

Bloc is set to give country £860m despite rapid erosion of democracy since President Kais Saied took power in 2021

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‘Incomplete revolution’: Tunisia crackdown slammed by critics

Experts and family members of those arrested say the North African country is no more an Arab Spring success story.

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Tunisia protesters demand release of ‘political prisoners’

Some 300 demonstrators in Tunis demanded freedom for former ministers, businessmen and other opposition members.

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Euro-Med Monitor calls on Tunisia to release hunger striker Atig

Jailed Ennahdha party leader Sahbi Atig is no longer able to walk or talk, his wife says.

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Three Tunisian opposition leaders on hunger strike in prison

Ennahdha party leaders stop eating to protest against their imprisonment on terrorism, money-laundering charges.

Reuters

Tunisian judge opens new probe into political figures, lawyer says

A Tunisian judge has opened a new investigation into political figures including major opponents of President Kais Saied on suspicion of conspiring against state security, a lawyer for one of them said.

The Guardian - UK

Tunisia was the hope of the Arab spring. Now my father could face the death penalty for his words

Kais Saied has turned our country into a dictatorship, while Europe looks the other way, says British-Tunisian writer Soumaya Ghannoushi

The Guardian - UK

Families ask human rights court to free jailed Tunisian opposition leaders

Daughters of Rached Ghannouchi and Said Ferjani demand justice amid continuing crackdown on dissent by President Saied

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