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Migrants: Tunisian FM rejects African Union 'hate speech' allegations

Tunisian President Kais Saied ordered officials on Tuesday to take urgent measures to tackle illegal immigration. A statement from his office, decrying "a criminal plot [...] to change Tunisia's demographic make-up" without citing any evidence, has sparked an outcry online.

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African Union condemns Tunisia’s ‘hate speech’ against migrants

President Kais Saied claimed migration from sub-Saharan Africa was aimed at changing his country’s demographic makeup.

Al Jazeera

African Union criticises Tunisia over 'racialised hate speech' against migrants

TUNIS - The African Union (AU) has criticised Tunisia and urged it to avoid "racialised hate speech" after President Kais Saied ordered the expulsion of undocumented migrants and said immigration was a plot aimed at changing his country's demographic make-up .

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Xenophobia grows amidst raids and repeated attacks on sub-Saharan Africans in Tunisia

Tunisian law enforcement has launched a wave of repression against the country’s sub-Saharan African population, carrying out random identity checks and sometimes violently arresting them, leaving their children abandoned and offering no access to any kind of legal support. Xenophobic and racist sentiments have also been circulating widely on Tunisian…

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Tunisia holds prominent critics of president in pre-trial detention, lawyers say

A Tunisian anti-terrorism investigative judge decided on Saturday to hold three prominent politicians and a high-profile businessman in pre-trial detention, their defence team said, amid a continuing crackdown targeting opposition figures.

Reuters

Tunisia judge imprisons politicians, businessman amid crackdown

A wave of raids and arrests has targeted opposition figures and government critics.

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Tunisian Judge Imprisons Two Detained Politicians, a Businessman

A Tunisian anti-terrorism investigative judge decided on Saturday to imprison two prominent politicians and a high-profile businessman who had been detained in a recent security crackdown, their defense team said. The defense team for Abd El Hamid Jlassi and Kyham Turki, both critics of President Kais Saied, and businessman Kamel…

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HRW Criticizes Tunisia Arrests

Human Rights Watch criticized Friday the wave of arrests that Tunisia has been recently witnessing. “The message in these arrests is that if you dare to speak out, the president can have you arrested and publicly denounce you,” it said.

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Tunisia Sentences Algerian-French dissident to Jail in Absentia

French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui, whose "exfiltration" via Tunisia sparked a diplomatic incident with Paris, was sentenced in absentia on Friday to three years in prison for illegally entering Tunisia, her lawyer said. Bouraoui had been banned from leaving Algeria after being sentenced to two years in jail for "offending Islam"…

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Tunisia sentences Algerian activist in absentia-Mosaique FM

A Tunisian court has issued in absentia a prison term of three months to Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui for illegally crossing borders, Tunisia's radio Mosaique FM reported on Friday, in a case that has caused a diplomatic row.

Reuters

Tunisia detains critic of president in crackdown

Tunisian police have arrested Jawher Ben Mbarek, a major critic of President Kais Saied, his sister said, bringing most of the main leaders of the National Salvation Front opposition movement into detention.

Reuters

Tunisian President Seeks to Reassure 'Legal' Migrants

Tunisian President Kais Saied called Thursday for his government to take care of "legal" migrants from sub-Saharan Africa while doubling down on controversial remarks that illegal immigration was causing "demographic" change. "People who are legally in Tunisia should be reassured," Saied said during a meeting with Interior Minister Taoufik Charfeddine…

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Tunisia's Saied denies racism but repeats view that migration is a plot

The Tunisian president on Thursday repeated his assertion that an increase of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa was part of a conspiracy to change Tunisia's demographics and denied criticism by rights groups that his views were racist.

Reuters

Amid crackdown on dissent, Tunisian leader turns on migrants

Tunisian authorities say they have arrested dozens of migrants near the Algerian border, two days after Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian leader claimed there’s a plot to erase his country’s identity by bringing in sub-Saharan Africans

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Critic of Tunisian president detained in crackdown, daughter says

Tunisian police on Thursday detained Ezzedine Hazgui, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied and the father of another prominent dissident, Jawher Ben Mbarek, Hazgui's daughter said.

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Tunisia’s president calls for halt to sub-Saharan immigration amid crackdown on opposition

Kais Saied claims migrants are part of campaign to make country ‘purely African’ in move critics say is to distract from economic crisis

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia: Rights Groups Slam ‘Racist' Migrant Comments

Tunisian rights groups accused on Wednesday President Kais Saied of racism and hate speech after he said "hordes" of sub-Saharan African migrants were causing crime and posed a demographic threat. A statement from his office, decrying "a criminal plot...

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Tunisia detains more dissidents amid growing crackdown

Tunisian police detained two prominent dissidents and surrounded the home of a third on Wednesday, part of an escalating crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied, who has labelled his opponents traitors and criminals.

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Tunisian president accused of racism towards migrants from sub-Saharan Africa

Rights groups have accused Tunisian President Kais Saied of racism and hate speech after he vowed to crack down on migration from sub-Saharan Africa, which he said was an organised scheme aimed at changing Tunisia's demographic make-up.

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Tunisia’s Saied says migration aimed at changing demography

Rights activists criticise president’s comments, say they are intended to ‘create an imaginary enemy’.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia’s Ghannouchi in Court Again for Incitement against Police

Rached Ghannouchi, Tunisia's former parliament speaker, appeared before an investigative judge on Tuesday to be questioned on suspicion of incitement against the police, which he and his Ennahda party deny. Ghannouchi's lawyer said the accusation was based on a complaint by police about a speech he gave last year at…

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Tunisian President Says Migration to Tunisia Aimed at Changing Demography

Tunisia's President Kais Saied denounced undocumented sub-Saharan African immigration to his country on Tuesday, saying in comments criticized by rights groups that it was aimed at changing Tunisia's demographic make-up. Speaking in a meeting with the National Security Council in comments the presidency later published online, Saied said the influx…

Reuters

Tunisian president says migration to Tunisia aimed at changing demography

Tunisia's President Kais Saied denounced undocumented sub-Saharan African immigration to his country on Tuesday, saying in comments criticised by rights groups that it was aimed at changing Tunisia's demographic make-up.

Reuters

Tunisian press syndicate chief says he faces prosecution over protest

The head of Tunisia's press syndicate said on Tuesday he faced a police complaint over a protest last year, calling it an attempt to intimidate his organisation and silence criticism of the president.

Reuters

Tunisian opposition leader in court on incitement charges

Rached Ghannouchi, Tunisia's former parliament speaker and head of its biggest political party, appeared before an investigative judge on Tuesday to be questioned on suspicion of incitement against the police, which he and his Ennahda party deny.

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