Tunisia

04 Aug 2021; MEMO: Tunisia's former president Dr Moncef Marzouki stressed that the worst mistake made by the current President Kais Saied is that he caused division among the people and opened the door to foreign interference in the country's internal affairs which undermines the sovereignty of the state.

04 Aug 2021; MEMO: The fate of ousted Tunisian Prime Minister Hicham Mechichi has become a matter of growing concern since no one knows his whereabouts, member of the International Federation of Jurists Anwar Al-Gharbi has told MEMO. "We are especially worried about his health and psychological well-being," he said.

03 Aug 2021; MEMO: Tunisian President Kais Saied yesterday dismissed two ministers from the former cabinet.

According to a presidential statement, the former Minister of Economy, Finance and Investment Support, Ali Kooli, was removed from his post and Sihem Boughdiri Nemissa was appointed as his successor.

Saied also sacked Mohamed Fadhel Kraiem, the communications technology minister and the acting agriculture minister, and appointed Nizar Ben Neji as his successor.

02 Aug 2021; MEMO: The International Jurists Union (IJU) has announced that it will send an official delegation to Tunisia this week for three days, during which it will meet with several activists in the field of freedom and human rights to determine the situation in Tunisia.

02 Aug 2021; MEMO: Tunisia Parliamentary Speaker and head of the Ennahda party Rached Ghannouchi "has never and will never think of leaving the country," the Deputy Chairman of the Tunisian Assembly of People's Representatives, Maher Medhioub, said yesterday, denying news that he may have sought treatment abroad.

31 July 2021; MEMO: Tunisia's moderate Islamist Ennahda party on Saturday called on President Kais Saied to engage in dialogue to avoid deepening the country's political crisis, Anadolu Agency reported.

"The possible and effective way-out of these problems will not be through monopolizing power, which can only increase the spread of corruption, nepotism, and injustice," Ennahda said in a statement.

01 Aug 2021; MEMO: Tunisian authorities have placed a former judge under house arrest, according to local media on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported.

A security force enforced a decision by Interior Minister Reda Gharslawi to place Bechir Akremi under house arrest, the private radio station, Mosaique FM, reported.

01 Aug 2021; MEMO: Tunisia's Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi was discharged from hospital after conducting medical checks, the moderate Islamist Ennahda party said, reports Anadolu Agency.

The party said in a statement that Ghannouchi was admitted to the hospital on Saturday after feeling ill.

Ghannouchi "left the hospital after conducting medical checks and receiving treatment," the statement said.

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities jailed an opposition lawmaker Friday and briefly detained four members of the powerful Islamist movement Ennahdha in the wake of the president’s decision to seize exceptional powers, according to Tunisian media reports.

The Ennahdha members were brought before investigating magistrates and accused of trying to incite violence outside the parliament building after President Kais Saied’s announcement Sunday, according to party official Riadh Chaidi.

31 July 2021; MEMO: Tunisian security forces arrested a parliament member at his home today, his wife said, after he criticised President Kais Saied on Facebook and called his seizure of governing powers a coup.