US EditionTunisians protest against President Saied, call country an ‘open-air prison’
TUNISIA, JUL 25 – Protests mark the anniversary of Kais Saied's rule as citizens oppose his consolidation of power and restrictions on political freedoms, reflecting ongoing national tensions.
- In Tunis, crowds marched Friday to mark four years since President Kais Saied's power grab, protesting his authoritarian rule.
- On July 25, 2021, Saied suspended parliament, dismissed his prime minister, and critics called it a coup that spurred authoritarian rule.
- Slogans like `no fear, no terror, power to the people` echoed through Tunis, with women leading chants calling for prisoners' release.
- Amnesty International reported intensified legal repression, activists, journalists and dissidents faced jail time, with vague legal justifications, the report says.
- July 25 also marks Tunisia's 1957 republic declaration, Samir Dilou said, `Absolute power is absolute corruption`.
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At the call of several opposition coalitions, nearly a thousand people gathered on Thursday 25 July in Tunis to chant slogans against the government and President Kais Saïed, as well as to demand the release of prisoners of conscience. This 25 July, a holiday, marks the 68th anniversary of the proclamation of the Tunisian Republic in 1957, but also the fourth anniversary of the coup de force of Kais Saïed, who had frozen Parliament and arrogued …
Tunisians protest against President Saied, call country an ‘open-air prison’
Hundreds of Tunisian activists protested in the capital on Friday against President Kais Saied, denouncing his rule as an "authoritarian regime" that has turned the country into an “open-air prison”.
Tunisians protest against Kais Saied’s ’authoritarian regime’
Hundreds of Tunisian activists protested in the capital on Friday against President Kais Saied, denouncing his rule as an "authoritarian regime" that has turned the country into an “open-air prison”. Under the slogan “The Republic is a large prison,” protesters marched along Habib Bourguiba Avenue. They demanded the release of jailed opposition leaders, journalists, and activists. The protest marked the fourth anniversary of Saied’s power grab. …
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