US EditionThousands demand union rights and civic freedoms in large Tunisia protest
- Thousands of members and supporters of the Tunisian General Labour Union protested in Tunis over declining union rights and civic freedoms.
- The protest was one of the largest demonstrations in Tunisia recently, amid tensions between the UGTT and President Kais Saied.
- UGTT Secretary-General Noureddine Taboubi criticized threats against the union and called for the release of political prisoners.
- Demonstrators demanded protection of workers' rights while chanting slogans like, 'The right to struggle is a duty.
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Tunisians rally in support of embattled trade union amid government clampdown
Tunisia’s main labour union drew the country’s largest rally in months on Thursday, as members and backers protested President Kais Saied’s growing pressure on the UGTT, denouncing rising repression…
Thousands demand union rights and civic freedoms in large Tunisia protest
Thousands of members and supporters of Tunisia's powerful Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) protested in the capital on Thursday over what they called a decline in union rights and civic freedoms.
Announced following the attack on 8 August on the headquarters of the Tunisian General Labour Union by power-promoting groups, today's demonstration brought together many supporters, including NGOs and other trade unions. In his speech, the secretary-general of the plant continued his arm at a distance with President Saïed.
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