Tunisian Judiciary on Trial: A Nation's Cry for Democracy

After a day's hearing, the third session of the conspiracy trial against state security closed on Friday, 18 April, in Tunis, with a lifting of shields from defence lawyers. They shouted at the mockery of justice when the judge wanted to start dealing with the case on the merits while several defendants were physically absent.

Tunisian court set to rule in conspiracy trial, lawyers protest

TUNIS - A Tunisian court is set to issue a ruling in the conspiracy case against prominent opponents, as lawyers protested and described the trial as a farce, while others called the proceedings a symbol of President Kais Saied's authoritarian rule. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Tunisian Judiciary on Trial: A Nation's Cry for Democracy

Tunisian Judiciary on Trial: A Nation's Cry for Democracy A Tunisian court is poised to deliver a verdict in a high-profile conspiracy case involving leading opposition figures. The trial has been condemned by legal experts and civil society as a mockery and a symbol of President Kais Saied's authoritarian grip on the judiciary. Lawyers protesting outside the court have labeled the proceedings as scandalous.Rights organizations assert that the t…

Opposition protests as Tunisia resumes mass conspiracy trial

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Scores of opposition supporters protested outside a Tunis court on Friday at the resumption of a trial of more than 40 politicians and other figures accused of conspiring against the state and President Kais Saied. Journalists also rallied against orders barring them from the trial which campaign groups including Human Rights Watch have said amounts to a crackdown on dissent – an accusation dismissed by the gover…

‘Conspiracy trial’ restarts: What’s Tunisia’s history with death penalty?

Death penalty has effectively been suspended in Tunisia since 1991, but prominent opposition figures may be sentenced.

Tunisia hands jail terms ranging from 13 to 66 years to opposition figures - Regional Media News

TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian court handed jail terms ranging from 13 to 66 years to opposition leaders, businessmen and lawyers on charges of conspiring against state security, TAP state news agency said. (Reporting By Tarek Amara and Menna Ala Eddine; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com