Tunisia police arrest ex-judges sacked by president, lawyer and media say
TUNISIAN police arrested two former judges who were dismissed by President Kais Saied last year, a lawyer and local media said, on the second day of a wave of detentions of prominent people, including politicians and a businessman. Bechir Akremi and Tayeb Rached, who were among the dozens of judges and members of the judiciary sacked in 2022, were detained by police, Anouar Awled Ali, a lawyer close to the cases, told Reuters. The local Mosaique FM radio network said Akremi's arrest was linked to the investigation into the assassination a decade ago of Chokri Belaid, a political activist. It…