Tunisian President Kais Saied has fired Prime Minister Kamel Maddouri less than a year after his appointment, as the country ...

Never before has Tunisia’s Parliament shown such allegiance to the regime in power. The Assembly of the Representatives of the People has been reduced to serving as the presidency’s relay, as Kais ...

Deteriorating socioeconomic conditions and a deadlocked job market have triggered waves of demonstrations and speculations ...

Human Rights Watch denounced the mass trial, calling it a “mockery”.

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Saied was elected in 2019 after Tunisia emerged as the only democracy following the ... and Bochra Belhaj Hmida, a former member of parliament and human rights activist now living in France. French ...

The Tunisian political opposition say the charges ... He dissolved the elected parliament in 2021 and began ruling by decree before later dissolving the independent Supreme Judicial Council.

However, recent events have challenged this progress. In July 2021, President Kais Saied dismissed the Tunisian prime minister, suspended the parliament and assumed executive authority. Key agencies ...