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Tunisia police lock doors of legal body, stop staff from entering

Supreme Judicial Council says the president’s move to dissolve Tunisia’s main legal body is illegal.

Al Jazeera

Tunisian judges reject president's 'illegal' judicial council dissolution

Tunisian judges on Sunday rejected President Kais Saied's moves to disband the council that oversees them, a move they see as undermining their independence, setting up a new struggle over his consolidation of power.

France 24

Tunisian leader seeks to dissolve nation's top judiciary

Tunisia's president has announced a plan to dissolve the country's main judiciary body due to suspicions of corruption and the mishandling of sensitive cases

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Tunisia's supreme judicial council refuses dissolution by president

Tunisia's Supreme Judiciary Council rejected on Sunday President Kais Saied's decision to dissolve it and said it would continue carrying out its duties, and that it rejected pressure on and accusations against members of the council and judges.

Reuters

Tunisian judges accuse president of seeking control, setting up new struggle

Reuters

Tunisian president dissolves council tasked with ensuring judicial independence

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday dissolved a top independent judicial watchdog accusing it of bias, the latest controversial move since he sacked the government last year. But the Supreme Judicial Council rejected the president's decision, saying in a statement that "it would continue carrying out its duties."

France 24

Tunisian President Dissolves Supreme Judicial Council

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday dissolved the Supreme Judicial Council, the body that deals with judicial independence, a move that raises fears about the independence of the judiciary and was sure to anger his opponents. Saied's decision caps months of his sharp criticism of the judges. Saied has frequently…

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Tunisia’s president dissolves top judicial watchdog

Kais Saied’s move caps months of his sharp criticism of Tunisia’s judges and raises fears about judicial independence.

Al Jazeera

Tunisian president dissolves supreme judicial council

Tunisia President Kais Saied said on Sunday he has decided to dissolve the Supreme Judicial Council, the body that deals with judicial independence, a controversial move that will spark a struggle over the judiciary.

Reuters

Tunisia’s Finance Minister: State Sector Wages ‘Not Under Threat in Coming Months’

Tunisian Finance Minister Sihem Boughdiri said on Wednesday that state sector wages were “not under threat in the coming months” despite the difficulties and obstacles facing the government. Observers considered her remarks reassuring for the working class in the country. Concerns had been raised after payments were delayed in January,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Economic pain threatens social and political chaos in Tunisia

President Kais Saied says he will remake Tunisian politics in 2022 with a new constitution and parliament after seizing executive power last year in a move his foes call a coup - but the threat of national bankruptcy may upend his plans.

Reuters

Tunisian president denies a coup but holds power tight

A political novice, Tunisia's president stunned opponents and admirers alike by seizing near total state power in a move that thrust his country's young democracy into turmoil.

Reuters

Tunisia Targets IMF Deal in April, Says State Salaries Secure

Tunisia hopes to seal a funding agreement with the IMF in April, its finance minister said on Wednesday, adding that public sector salaries were not at risk after delays in paying workers raised fears about state finances. Talks between the International Monetary Fund and Tunisia over a rescue package predicated…

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Tunisia Records Highest Covid Deaths in Two Months

Tunisia reported the highest number of Covid deaths in two months, reporting 20 new deaths in the last 24 hours. The death toll reached 26,271, the Health Ministry said, adding that the total number of hospitalized cases reached 1,042. According to the ministry, 191 patients are in intensive care and…

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Tunisia Thwarts Alleged Terrorist Attack Targeting Tourist Areas

Tunisian police thwarted an attack planned by a woman coming from Syria, where she received training "with terrorist groups," targeting tourist areas in the country, the interior ministry said on Friday. It added that the woman, who was planning attacks with an explosive belt, was imprisoned. The ministry said the…

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Tunisia thwarts alleged terrorist attack targeting tourist areas

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Tunisian Opposition Leader Warns of Social Explosion

The speaker of Tunisia's suspended parliament, who also heads the main opposition party, warned on Thursday of a social situation that "threatens to explode" six months after what he calls a coup by the president. Rached Ghannouchi, head of the moderate Islamist Ennahda, said President Kais Saied's suspension of parliament,…

Reuters

Tunisian opposition leader warns of social explosion

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Tunisian Opposition Proposes National Dialogue without the President

Opposition parties in Tunisia have proposed to launch a national dialogue without President Kais Saied. The secretary-general of the Republican Party, Issam Chebbi, told the German News Agency (dpa) that parties discussing the proposal will announce it during a press conference on Thursday. The initiative is led by social democratic…

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Tunisian President’s Top Aide Quits, Citing Fundamental Differences

Tunisian President Kais Saied's chief of staff and closest adviser said on Monday she had resigned due to "fundamental differences in opinion" over the country's interests. Nadia Akacha has been Saied's closest aide since he rose to office in a 2019 landslide and his moves last July to suspend parliament…

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Tunisian Police Killed Man in First Death of Protests, Opposition Says

A Tunisian man died in hospital on Wednesday from injuries inflicted by police, activists and the main opposition Ennahda party said, in what would be the first death related to protests against President Kais Saied's assumption of extra powers. A Tunis court investigating the death said the man, found in…

Reuters

Tunisian police killed man in first death of protests, activists say

A Tunisian man died in hospital on Wednesday from injuries inflicted by police, activists said, in what would be the first death from protests against President Kais Saied's assumption of extra powers.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Towards a Bigger Country for Culture: Six Steps Towards the Future

For many years, I was part of a group of Saudi academics, writers, and people engaged in all kinds of cultural work, who would head to Arab capitals such as Cairo, Beirut, Tunis and Casablanca, as well as various Gulf capitals, to attend conferences or seminars or to participate in…

Radio France Internationale

RFI reporter among those brutally attacked by police at Tunisian protest

RFI journalist Mathieu Galtier was among those attacked by uniformed police at a banned protest in the Tunisian capital on Friday. More than twenty non-governmental organisations have condemned the violence, describing the behaviour of the police as "barbaric repression".

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