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UN Condemns Dissolution of Tunisia's Supreme Judicial Council

President Kais Saied dissolved the country's Supreme Judicial Council on February 6, 2022. He said the body that deals with judicial independence has "become a thing of the past," Deutsche Welle reported. The announcement capped months of his sharp criticism of the judges, saying the judiciary was just "a function of the state".

United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet warned on Tuesday February 8 that the move was a "clear violation" of the country's obligations under international human rights law.

In July 2021, Saied plunged Tunisia into a constitutional crisis when he suspended the country's parliament, dismissed the sitting prime minister and granted himself executive powers.

In January 2022 the Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties, also referred to as Ettakatol, warned against the "autocratic drift" of Saied, denouncing a concentration of powers in his hands under the guise of a "people's revolution."

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President Kaies Saied (file photo).

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