Tunisia: Protests urge release opposition party head
Hundreds rallied in Tunisia’s capital on January 18th to demand the release of an opposition party leader, as the government continues to stamp out dissident voices.
According to Arab News, demonstrators marched for the imprisoned Free Destourian Party head Abir Moussi, shouting “freedom for Abir” and “we are opponents, not traitors”.
Human Rights Watch reported that over 80 people were detained over the course of Tunisia’s election in October, with the watchdog saying: “It is clear that Tunisian authorities deployed all their efforts to silence, prosecute, and imprison President Kais Saied’s critics and opponents in order to favor his re-election.”
Arab News, Human Rights Watch
