Tunisian labour union starts major protests against president

Fresh protests in Tunisia against president’s crackdown on dissent

Tunis, Mar 5 (EFE).- Hundreds of Tunisians on Sunday took to the streets to protest president Kais Saied’s policies and to demand the release of detained opposition figures, in defiance of a government ban on demonstrations. Photographs of the lawyers, politicians, journalists and judges arrested in recent weeks dominated the protest in the central part of the Tunisian capital. “I am here to support human rights and political detainees, who are …

Tunisian union holds biggest protest yet against president

TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia’s powerful UGTT labour union rallied in the capital on Saturday in what appeared to be the biggest protest yet against President Kais Saied, staging a show of strength after his recent crackdown on opponents. Many thousands of protesters filled Habib Bourguiba Avenue, the main street in central Tunis, holding banners that read “No to one-man rule” and chanting “Freedom! End the police state”. They were marching after wee…

Protests in Kinshasa against French president Macron's visit

Police crack down on a march protesting against Emmanuel Macron as the French President visits the Democratic Republic of Congo aimed at renewing frayed ties with Kinshasa.

Tunisia: Unionists Rally Against President Saied

[DW] In one of the biggest protests against President Kais Saied the UGTT labor union urged him to accept "dialogue." The union also slammed the president's "violent discourse."

Tunisia: Thousands march against food prices and president's crackdown on critics

President Kais Saied has grown increasingly autocratic since he suspended parliament in 2021 - and since then Tunisia's financial troubles have worsened.

Tunisians march against inflation and president’s squeeze on dissent

Thousands of people marched through Tunisia’s capital on Saturday, protesting against an expanding crackdown on opposition voices and a proposed lifting of subsidies for food and other goods.