Tunisia Must Return to Democracy

5 August 2021
editorial

Penultimate Sunday, Tunisian President Kais Saied, removed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, who was also in charge of the Interior Ministry; suspended the parliament and the immunity of its members and placed travel bans on opposition politicians.

He followed up with raids on journalists, issued threats to jail those who impugned the state and a raft of edicts concentrating judicial, legislative and executive powers in his hands.

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