Prison sentences of up to 66 years handed to politicians in Tunisia
A court in Tunisia has handed out prison sentences ranging from 13 to 66 years for leading opposition politicians. As...
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Tunisia: Opposition politician sentenced to 66 years in prison
A court in Tunisia has handed out prison sentences to around 40 opposition figures ranging from between 13 and 66...
Tunisia crackdowns on political opposition using arrests
A new report published by Human Rights Watch has found that Tunisia has dramatically expanded arrests on opposition figures. As...
Politicians begin hunger strike in Tunisian prison
Protests against the "authoritarian" rule of Tunisian President Kais Saied have been held as imprisoned politicians have begun a hunger...
Tunisia: Opposition party politicians go on hunger strike in prison
Two protests have been staged in Tunisia against the rule of Kais Saied and demanding that opposition politicians be released...
Tunisia’s opposition leader begins hunger strike
Tunisia's opposition party leader has begun her hunger strike in prison to protest her "ill treatment" by authorities. According to...
Libya vexed by Lebanon’s treatment of Gaddafi’s son
Leaked photographs of Hannibal Gaddafi who resides in a cramped, underground cell have surfaced, raising concerns in the North African...
Tunisia: Saied’s critic jailed for 6 months
A Tunisian Court sentenced President Saied’s opposition figure, Jawher Ben Mbarek to six months in prison reports Africa News and...
Tunisia: Families demand release of jailed opposition figures
Families of the imprisoned opposition figures to the Saied regime demand for their relatives release, according to Asharq Al-Awsat and...
Tunisia opposition detainees begin hunger strike in prison
A number of Tunisian opposition figures have begun an open hunger strike after being detained for over a year Asharq...
Tunisia: jailed Muslim Brotherhood leader begins hunger strike
Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi embarked on a three-day hunger strike in solidarity with fellow jailed opposition figures in Tunisia,...
Gadhafi’s son protests imprisonment with hunger strike
A son of Libya’s late leader, Moammar Gadhafi, has initiated a hunger strike to protest his 7 year-long imprisonment without...
