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TUNIS: Two former judges were arrested by the police in Tunis, Arab media reported on Sunday.
Reports said that the arrested judges were sacked by the country’s president in 2022. A lawyer and local media also confirmed the latest arrest in the African country.
Tunis Politics
Prominent lawyer Anouar Awled Ali said that Tayeb Rached and Bechir Akremi were among the judges sacked in 2022. He added that the both were captured by the police today.
A local radio network claimed that Akremi’s arrest was linked to the probe into the assassination of Chokri Belaid, a political worker and activist.
On Saturday, police detained ex-Finance Minister Khayam Turki, Kamel Ltaif, a businessman and Abd El Hamid Jlassi of Ennahda Islamist party.
The Interior Ministry did not immediately issue any statement regarding the recent arrests in the African country.
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Ennahda, the major opposition party said that the arrests were aimed at threatening opponents of the country’s president.
Civil society and rights groups have been expressing concern over status of political freedoms in Tunisia since Saied’s assumed powers in 2021.
However, the president has rejected all these allegations, adding his moves were legal and essential to rescue Tunisia from crisis and chaos.
