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Oct
27
2023
By The African Mirror
Tunisian judge imprisons head of Football Federation on suspicion of corruption

Tunisian judge imprisons head of Football Federation on suspicion of corruption

NEWS
A Tunisian judge has ordered the imprisonment of Wadi Al Jari, the president of the Tunisian Football Federation (FTT) after he was arrested over suspicion of financial corruption, officials said. Chokri Hamda, the spokesman for the Ministry of Sports said that the arrest of Al Jari, an influential figure, was due to financial corruption and an improper contract between the football federation and the technical director. Al Jari has been president of the federation since 2012. The head of FTF is in a dispute in recent years with the Minister of Sports Kamel Deguiche, who said that Tunisian football is…
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Jul
15
2023
By TAREK AMARA
Tunisian judge frees two leading opponents of president

Tunisian judge frees two leading opponents of president

NEWS
A Tunisian judge freed two prominent political opponents of President Kais Saied, nearly five months after they were arrested on suspicion of plotting against state security, their lawyer Monia Bouali told Reuters. Chaima Issa and Lazahr Akremi were detained in February along with 20 other political leaders in a crackdown the opposition says aimed to establish authoritarian rule by Saied, who in 2021 dissolved parliament and seized wide-ranging powers. Issa is a leader in the Salvation Front, the main opposition coalition to Saied which has organised protests against him over the past two years. Akremi, a lawyer who served as a minister…
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Jun
18
2023
By The African Mirror
Tunisian judge bars broadcast media from opposition conspiracy cases

Tunisian judge bars broadcast media from opposition conspiracy cases

NEWS
A Tunisian judge has barred radio and television news programmes from covering the cases of prominent opposition figures accused of conspiring against state security in recent months, the official news agency TAP said. The order fuels concerns over rights in Tunisia since President Kais Saied seized extra powers in 2021, moving to rule by decree and then assuming authority over the judiciary. "The investigating judge of office 36 of the anti-terrorism branch issues a decision banning media coverage of the two cases of conspiring against state security," the court's spokesperson Hanan el-Qadas told TAP. TAP later quoted Qadas as saying the order only concerned…
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Jun
01
2023
By The African Mirror
Tunisia: Judge starts new probe into politicians

Tunisia: Judge starts new probe into politicians

NEWS
A Tunisian judge has opened a new investigation into political figures including major opponents of President Kais Saied on suspicion of conspiring against state security, a lawyer for one of them said. The case comes after a wave of arrests of opposition figures over recent months that Saied's critics have attacked as a political clampdown, which he denies, and may spur fears of more detentions. The 20 people accused in the new case include the main opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, who is already in prison, former prime minister Youssef Chahed and Saied's former chief of staff Nadia Akacha, said the lawyer, Nadia…
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May
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Tunisia frees two students arrested for satirical song criticising police

Tunisia frees two students arrested for satirical song criticising police

NEWS
A Tunisian judge freed two students arrested over a satirical song criticising the police after President Kais Saied said their detention was "totally unacceptable" and called for their release, their lawyers said. Youssef Chelbi and Dhia Nsir were arrested on Wednesday after posting a clip on Tik Tok and Facebook showing them laughing and singing a sarcastic song upbraiding the police over the treatment of detainees and a drugs law. Their arrest on charges of insulting others through social networks alarmed rights activists and bloggers, who republished the song to show solidarity with them. They said freedoms in Tunisia were under siege…
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May
17
2023
By TAREK AMARA
Tunisian judge sentences opposition leader Ghannouchi to year in prison

Tunisian judge sentences opposition leader Ghannouchi to year in prison

NEWS
A Tunisian judge sentenced in absentia opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, to a year in prison on charges of incitement, his lawyer Monia Bouali said. Ghannouchi, 81, has been in prison since April. His lawyer said the charges stem from a funeral eulogy he gave last year for a member of his Ennahda party when he said the deceased "did not fear a ruler or tyrant, he only feared God." The leader of the Islamist Ennahda party is also accused of plotting against state security along with other detained opposition figures who accuse Saied of a coup for…
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Apr
21
2023
By TAREK AMARA
Judge orders jail for Tunisian opposition leader

Judge orders jail for Tunisian opposition leader

NEWS
 A Tunisian judge ordered opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi to be detained before his trial on charges of plotting against state security, his lawyer said, the latest move on opponents of President Kais Saied. The 81-year-old head of the Islamist Ennahda party was the speaker of the elected parliament, which was shut down in 2021 by Saied when he seized all powers. Ghannouchi, who was arrested on Monday, was ordered detained following an investigation by the judge that lasted eight hours, lawyer Monia Bouali said. No date has been set for any trial or the next hearing. "The issue is related to…
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Jul
07
2022
By The African Mirror
Tunisian judge freezes bank accounts of former parliament speaker, ex-PM

Tunisian judge freezes bank accounts of former parliament speaker, ex-PM

NEWS
TAREK AMARA A Tunisian judge has ordered a freeze on the financial assets of the former speaker of the country's dissolved parliament, Rached Ghannouchi, former prime minister Hamadi Jebali and several other people, an official told Reuters. He added that the list of people included Ghannouchi's son Moadh Ghannouchi and son-in-law Rafik Abdessalem, who was a former foreign minister. Tunisia's Rached Ghannouchi, head of the moderate Islamist Ennahda and speaker of the parliament, attends an interview with Reuters in Tunis, Tunisia, on March 31, 2022. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui "There is an order from the anti-terrorism judge to freeze the bank accounts…
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