The UN rights chief on Tuesday expressed alarm over a deepening crackdown in Tunisia, as Tunisian police detained a senior opposition politician and the head of an independent radio station. The arrests of former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri, a senior figure in the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, and Mosaique FM director Noureddine Boutar late Monday were […]
A wave of arrests by Tunisian security forces has sparked fears that President Kais Saied is resorting to tougher measures against his opponents in the crisis-hit birthplace of the 2011 Arab uprisings.
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Tunisian police on Saturday arrested powerful businessman Kamel Eltaief, a former confidant of ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, as well as two key political activists, lawyers said.Eltaief, 68, was arrested at his home in the capital Tunis, lawyer Nizar Ayed said without providing further details.Police also arrested Abdelhamid Jelassi, a former senior leader of the Islamist-inspired movement Ennahdha fierce rivals of President Kais Saied as well as the political activist Khayam Turki.