Ennahda interim head Mondher Ounissi and Abdel Karim Harouni, leader of the party’s Shura Council, have been arrested. Two top officials in Tunisia’s main opposition…
NGO Avocats Sans Frontieres says Tunisia’s expulsions are illegal, adding to the criticism of the government’s actions. Humanitarian organisations continue to criticise Tunisia for its…
Tunis, Tunisia – The image of Ivorian woman Fati Dosso and her six-year-old daughter Marie, found dead in the Libyan desert from apparent dehydration after…
Tunis, Tunisia – The makeshift camp outside the offices of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) was practically deserted. Empty tents lay scattershot on the…
About 70 refugees, including women and children, are stuck in a ten-metre buffer zone they call ‘point zero’. In a desolate area on the Tunisia-Libya…
Chaima Issa and Lazhar Akremi released nearly 5 months after arrest for allegedly conspiring against state security. A Tunisian judge freed two prominent political opponents…
Migrant rescue group says it has lost contact with a large group of Black African migrants expelled from Tunisia. Tunis, Tunisia – Human Rights Watch…
Chaima Issa was to leave prison Friday if the public prosecutor’s office did not appeal the judge’s decision. Tunisia’s public prosecutor has appealed against a…
Ennahdha party leaders stop eating to protest against their imprisonment on terrorism, money-laundering charges. Three leaders of Tunisia’s opposition Ennahdha party are on hunger strike…
Sahbi Atig has been hospitalised in intensive care after 25-day hunger strike in protest of his imprisonment. An opposition leader’s health is deteriorating rapidly in…
Relatives of jailed Tunisian opposition figures, who were imprisoned in a crackdown launched by President Kais Saied, have approached Africa’s human rights court as part…
Tunis, Tunisia – Prominent Tunisian columnist Haythem El Mekki and radio cohost Elyes Gharbi have been released by a public prosecutor after being interrogated about…
Tunis, Tunisia – Players fell in the middle of the basketball court, appearing to suffocate as tear gas wafted into the arena. The Tunisian basketball…
Tunisian authorities have seized two books at the national book fair and temporarily closed down a publishing house’s pavilion, moments after the president had told…
The request comes on the heels of the April 17 arrest of opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi. Family members of political detainees in Tunisia have submitted…
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…
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…
Nizar Issaoui, 35, said the reason for his protest was being falsely accused of ‘terrorism’ in the village of Haffouz. A professional footballer in Tunisia…
Family members call for British sanctions on Tunisian officials, including the president, after a wave of arrests of opposition figures. London, England – Families of…