Tunisia: Crackdown on political opponents continues
Tunisian President Kaies Saied’s crackdown on political opponents continued on November 29th, as prominent opposition figure Chaima Issa was arrested...
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Tunisia: political figures get up to 45 years behind bars
The Court of Appeal in Tunis delivered a final ruling on nearly 40 political figures, in which they faced jail...
Tunisia: outspoken lawyer freed from prison after 18 months
Prominent outspoken lawyer, Sonia Dahmani has been freed from prison in Tunisia on November 27th after having spent 18 months...
Tunisia adds another NGO to the list of suspended groups
Tunisia's crackdown on rights groups and NGOs is continuing with the suspension of the activities of the World Organisation Against...
Human Rights Watch calls Tunisian ‘conspiracy’ trials unjust
On November 14th, the Human Rights Watch called for Tunisian authorities to overturn their conspiracy trial convictions, which they qualified...
International rights groups condemn Tunisia’s unjust trials
Tunisia is facing increasing scrutiny from international rights groups for its political trials, as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch...
Sami Hamdi returns to the UK after release from US detention
On November 13th, the British and pro-Palestinian political commentator Sami Hamdi returned to the United Kingdom after being held in...
German club loses appeal over dismissal of Dutch-Moroccan player
German football club Mainz has lost its appeal over the unfair dismissal of Dutch-Moroccan player Anwar el-Ghazi and will have...
Algeria pardons French-Algerian writer at Germany’s request
On November 12th, the office of the Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune pardoned the French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal after Germany's President...
Algeria: 5-year prison sentence for pro-democracy activist
Algerian poet Mohamed Tadjadit, a prominent activist nicknamed "poet of the Hirak", has received a 5-year jail sentence for "condoning...
British commentator set to be freed from U.S. immigration detention
British political commentator Sami Hamdi is set to be released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention following a...
Malian influencer executed following pro-military TikTok posts
Armed men in Mali killed TikTok influencer, Mariame Cissé, who had posted videos supporting the country's military government, Africanews via...
Rights groups urge inquiry into abuse against journalists in Libya
Numerous Libyan and British human rights groups have demanded an independent investigation into abuses against journalists in Libya, according to...
Another Tunisian opposition leader starts hunger strike in jail
The standoff between Tunisian President Kais Saied and his jailed opponents is escalating, after it was announced that a third...
Tunisia: Third imprisoned opposition leader begins hunger strike
On November 8th, it was announced that Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi had begun a hunger strike to shed light...
