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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

EU accused of whitewashing Tunisian regime in bid to stem migration

Rached Ghannouchi
Rached Ghannouchi, the former speaker of the Tunisian parliament, was jailed for a year in May on terrorism-related charges. Photograph: Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images

The children of prominent jailed Tunisian judges and politicians have accused the European Union of betraying its values by whitewashing the regime of President Kais Saied in the vain hope that he can stem the flow of migrants to Europe.

The EU is set to provide Tunisia with €1bn (£860m) in aid despite the obliteration of democracy in the country over the past two years.

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