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Tunisia sets elections for October. Will the increasingly authoritarian president run again?
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 week agoTunisia's increasingly authoritarian leader has scheduled the next presidential election for October...
Tunisian opposition wants political prisoners freed before taking part in presidential election
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoTunisia’s main opposition coalition said Tuesday it won’t take part in the North African country’s...
Tunisia's ex-president Moncef Marzouki sentenced to 8 years in absentia
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoA court in Tunisia sentenced former president Moncef Marzouki to eight years in prison in absentia...
UPDATE 1-Tunisia court sentences ex-president Marzouki to 8 years in absentia
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 5 months agoA Tunisian court sentenced former President Moncef Marzouki to eight years in prison in absentia on Friday on charges of assaulting the state security and inciting Tunisians against each other ...
Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi joins group of imprisoned hunger strikers
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoTunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi began a hunger strike in prison on Monday, joining other government critics striking to protest what they see as unjust incarceration. Imed Khemiri ...
A Tunisian court extends the prison term for a one-time presidential candidate
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoA Tunisian corruption court that has targeted many government critics tripled the prison term facing...
Tunisian opposition party leader sentenced to 3 years as crackdown on president's critics continues
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoThe head of Tunisia's largest opposition party was sentenced to three years in prison in the latest...
Tunisia commemorates anniversary of the 2011 revolution. Opposition decries democratic backsliding
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 months agoThirteen years after they toppled the country’s longtime dictator, Tunisians are protesting...
Tunisians vote in local elections on Sunday to fill a new chamber as economy flatlines
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 months agoThis is the environment in which Tunisians will head to the polls on Sunday for the country's first...
A military court convicts Tunisian opposition activist Chaima Issa of undermining security
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 months agoA military court in Tunisia convicted a prominent opposition activist of undermining state security...