Tunisia's Crackdown on Opposition: Leader Arrested and Party HQ Raided
TL;DR
Tunisian security forces arrested the leader of the main opposition party, Rachid Ghannouchi, and shuttered its headquarters, escalating a crackdown on the president’s critics in this formerly authoritarian North African country. Ghannouchi is being held at a military facility in Tunis, apparently on terrorism charges. The arrest of Ghannouchi, a prominent and polarizing figure in Tunisian politics for half a century, is a major step, even amid a wave of arrests targeting President Kais Saied’s opponents in recent months.
- Tunisia detains opposition leader Rachid Ghannouchi amid crackdown The Washington Post
- Tunisian police detain opposition leader, raid Ennahda party HQ Al Jazeera English
- Tunisia bans meetings at opposition offices after detaining leader The Guardian
- Arrest of opposition leader is ‘final nail in the coffin of Tunisian democracy’ Responsible Statecraft
- Tunisia: Ennahda party HQ raided by police, leader arrested Al Jazeera English
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