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Thirty opposition figures deemed critical of President Kais Saied have been arrested in recent months, according to Human Rights Watch. Tunisia is accused of using…
Thirty opposition figures deemed critical of President Kais Saied have been arrested in recent months, according to Human Rights Watch. Tunisia is accused of using…
The decision to allow Syria back into the Arab League has sparked anger among many residents of opposition-held northern Syria and members of the country’s…
Video Duration 27 minutes 25 seconds 27:25 The Turkish president is facing a serious challenge in next week’s election. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is…
Ekrem Imamoglu of the main opposition party was speaking atop campaign bus when a large group began throwing rocks. More than a dozen people have…
Three parties in Congo-Brazzaville are meeting to lay out their objectives for the 2026 elections and challenge President Nguesso’s long rule. Three opposition parties in…
Disney has filed a lawsuit against Florida governor Ron DeSantis for allegedly violating its First Amendment rights. Over the last year, the beloved company and…
A Moscow court has held a hearing to set the stage for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to face a new trial on extremism…
Colombian President Gustavo Petro is hosting int’l summit aimed at resolving political crisis in neighbouring Venezuela. Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido says he has travelled…
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. KYIV — “She’ll say whatever the FSB [Federal Security Service] wants her to say,” said Ilya Ponomarev,…
Video Duration 28 minutes 05 seconds 28:05 Ennahdha Party chief Rached Ghannouchi is highest-profile opponent of President Kais Saied to be detained. A judge in…
Ennahda, Tunisia’s largest political party, condemns the ‘unjust decision’ as crackdown on dissent escalates. A judge has ordered Rached Ghannouchi, Tunisia’s main opposition leader, jailed…
The US says the arrests ‘represent a troubling escalation by the Tunisian government against perceived opponents’. Several global powers have condemned the arrests of political…
The United States on Wednesday announced further sanctions targeting the regime of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega over his government's actions to punish political opponents. File…
Move comes a day after party leader Ghannouchi was arrested in an ongoing crackdown on Tunisia’s opposition. Tunisian authorities have closed the headquarters of the…
Rached Ghannouchi has emerged as one of the biggest critics of President Kais Saied since the leader shut down parliament. Tunisian police have detained opposition…
1/2 Alexei Navalny, the imprisoned leader of the Russian opposition, is in deteriorating health, his representatives said online Tuesday. File Photo courtesy of the Moscow…
Kuwait City, Kuwait – Yet another new government in Kuwait – the country’s seventh in three years. On Sunday, in an effort to alleviate seemingly…
Harare, Zimbabwe – As Misheck Nyembe stepped into a meeting of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in the high-density residential area of Budiriro on…
Nairobi, Kenya – On Sunday evening, Kenya opposition leader Raila Odinga suspended biweekly nationwide protests over soaring living costs and the alleged rigging of the…
The new representative of Venezuela’s opposition in the United States is urging the Biden administration to relax crippling oil sanctions on Nicolas Maduro’s government or…