Tunisia bans opposition protest
By Faida Idris
Kanempress
3rd March 2023
Tunisia has banned an opposition rally due to take place on Sunday.
Members of the opposition coalition which called it are suspected of crimes against the state.
A Tunisian official said the coalition’s request for the rally had “not been approved as some of its leaders are suspected of plotting against state security”.
In the past month, the authorities had launched arrests of key figures including rivals and critics of President Kais Saied, with many of them detained.
Police On Thursday,
arrested two senior officials of the main opposition party Ennahda, Sadok Chourou and Habib Ellouz.
The party called on Tunisians to join the planned protests as the arrests were meant to “terrorise the opposition.
Tunisia has been in a deepening political and economic crisis, amid protests by Tunisians frustrated with the economy and against Mr Saied’s near-total power.
