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A leader of Tunisian Ennahdha party and the director of a private radio station were arrested Monday night, according to the political group and the media. The arrests come as part of a crackdown launched this weekend by the Tunisian…

Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union has accused President Kais Saied of targeting it as a distraction from record low election turnout and what's been called a "total failure" of his economic policies. On 3rd February UGTT chief…

The Tunisian lawyers weeklong strike continues, judges held a protest outside the capital’s courts when dozens of lawyers and activists gathered on the steps of the Palace of Justice in Tunis. Some shouted "Down with the coup" and others…

A crowd estimated 2,000, lower than expected, took part on Sunday in the first demonstration of a new alliance to oppose a power grab by President Kais Saied. "We shall overcome," and "We are united, not divided," read banners of the…

Thousands of Tunisians rallied in the capital Sunday, the country's independence day, to protest against President Kais Saied and consultations over constitutional reforms proposed by him. Protesters shouted "the people want to overthrow…

Thousands of Tunisian opposition supporters demonstrated in the capital against President Kais Saied's power grab and the economic crisis in the North African country. "Poverty has increased", and "Famine is at our doorsteps", they…

Hundreds of protester have marched through central Tunis to demand a return to parliamentary democracy after a July power grab by President Kais Saied. The march was tightly marshalled by security forces on the ground and an interior…