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Tunisian journalist sentenced to 6 months in prison for insulting an official
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A judge in Tunisia sentenced a journalist and political commentator to six months in prison in the country's latest assault on members of the media who criticize the government. Mohamed Boughalleb, who had been charged with insulting a public official, was...
Italy's leader keeps the focus on migration on her fourth visit to Tunisia in a year
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The head of Italy's right-wing government acknowledged Wednesday that Tunisia cannot serve as a dumping ground for migrants, days after Tunisia's president reaffirmed his unwillingness to let Europe outsource migration problems by sending those not welcome there to his...
Tunisia sentences 4 to death over pivotal 2013 assassination
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Four people were sentenced Wednesday to death and two to life in prison for a murder that sparked widespread unrest in Tunisia and became emblematic of the country's early challenges transitioning from dictatorship to democracy after the Arab Spring. Chokri...
Tunisia's ex-president Moncef Marzouki sentenced to 8 years in absentia
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A court in Tunisia sentenced former president Moncef Marzouki to eight years in prison in absentia as part of the country's crackdown on opponents of President Kais Saied. The charges against Marzouki, who lives in Paris, stemmed from remarks he made that...
Two daughters ran away to join Islamic State. Years later, their family’s story is an Oscar nominee
Olfa Hamrouni doesn’t know much about her granddaughter; not her favorite toy nor food — is it the pasta the child’s mother loves, or something else? The Tunisian grandmother doesn’t even let her mind go there. “I don’t want to know. What for but more heartache?” she...
Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi joins group of imprisoned hunger strikers
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian 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, the spokesperson for his political party, told The Associated...
A Tunisian court extends the prison term for a one-time presidential candidate
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian corruption court that has targeted many government critics tripled the prison term facing a businessman who challenged President Kais Saied in the 2019 presidential election. Nabil Karoui — a populist media mogul who has been plagued by charges...
Tunisian opposition party leader sentenced to 3 years as crackdown on president's critics continues
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The head of Tunisia's largest opposition party was sentenced to three years in prison in the latest display of the North African country's crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied. Rached Ghannouchi, the 82-year-old president of the Islamist party...
Tunisia wants to borrow billions from its central bank to address deficits. Experts call that risky
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Cash-strapped Tunisia wants to take the unprecedented step of borrowing billions from its central bank to address budget deficits and bandage its economic crisis, a step that experts warn could bring inflation and lessen faith in institutions. In an emergency...
