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Tunisia bars TV, radio reports of opposition conspiracy cases. The cases banned from being covered involve at least 21 dissidents under investigation on accusations of ‘conspiracy’.
Tunisia's electoral body, the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), has approved three candidates for the ...
TUNIS — The head of a panel tasked with uncovering abuses under Tunisia’s autocratic past rulers said on Tuesday she had been banned from leaving the country as prosecutors investigate her for alleged ...
Polls closed Sunday night in Tunisia after voting in a presidential election expected to see incumbent Kais Saied secure another five years in office while his main critics -- including one contender ...
All three are now behind bars on trumped-up charges. With Saied’s term set to expire on Oct. 23, Tunisia’s strongman is seeking five more years as President in new elections he scheduled for ...
Tunisia's court of appeal Tuesday rejected a fresh request to free jailed presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, ... is to stay behind bars after a third appeal for his release was turned down.
The Court of First Instance of Tunisia on Friday sentenced opposition leader Lotfi Mraihi to eight months in prison with a lifetime ban from contesting elections on charges of illicitly influencing ...
Tunisia votes with opposition behind bars, Saied set for re-election. Though the birthplace of the Arab Spring, the election is seen as a closing chapter in the Tunisia’s experiment with democracy.
Polls closed Sunday night in Tunisia after voting in a presidential ... Kais Saied secure another five years in office while his main critics — including one contender — are behind bars.