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Former Tunisian PM handed 34-year sentence, rejects ‘terrorism’ charges | Politics News
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Former Tunisian PM handed 34-year sentence, rejects ‘terrorism’ charges | Politics News

Former Prime Minister Ali Larayedh and the opposition Ennahdha party have denounced the trial as politically motivated. A Tunisian court has sentenced former...

Tunisian judge orders detention of prominent lawyer Ahmed Souab | News
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Tunisian judge orders detention of prominent lawyer Ahmed Souab | News

Souab is a fierce critic of President Kais Saied and was arrested for comments about the judiciary acting under duress. A Tunisian judge...

Tunisian court hands opposition figures lengthy jail terms | Human Rights News
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Tunisian court hands opposition figures lengthy jail terms | Human Rights News

Dozens of defendants found guilty of “conspiracy against state security” and given sentences of 13 to 66 years. Dozens of opposition figures in...

Allies say Ghannouchi ‘unjustly’ held, as he marks 2 years in Tunisian jail | Human Rights News
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Allies say Ghannouchi ‘unjustly’ held, as he marks 2 years in Tunisian jail | Human Rights News

International Committee for Solidarity with Rached Ghannouchi decries ‘repressive campaign’ against Ennahdha party leader. Marking the second anniversary of the arrest of Tunisia’s prominent...

Jailed Tunisian opposition figure Jaouhar Ben Mbarek goes on hunger strike | Human Rights News
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Jailed Tunisian opposition figure Jaouhar Ben Mbarek goes on hunger strike | Human Rights News

Ben Mbarek, along with about 40 other critics of the president, is being tried on state conspiracy charges. A jailed Tunisian opposition activist...

Tunisian startup turns olive waste into clean energy
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Tunisian startup turns olive waste into clean energy

The start-up was founded in 2022 to tackle the waste from Tunisia’s lucrative olive harvest. In a northern Tunisian olive grove, Yassine Khelifi’s...