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Al Jazeera Staff

How Henry Kissinger got caught up in the Tunisian president’s crackdown

President Kais Saied attending a cabinet meeting in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 13, 2021 [Tunisian Presidency via AFP]

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has been cracking down on political dissent since his power grab in July 2021. More than 20 politicians and dozens of journalists and critics have been rounded up on charges of “conspiring” against the state.

Perhaps the most unusual set of accusations so far has been one that names former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who died recently at the age of 100.

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