Tunisian police on Monday detained a radio station head and a senior opposition official, part of a wave of arrests targeting prominent politicians and other figures as critics of the president accuse him of seeking to quell dissent.
Police raided the house of Noureddine Bhiri, a senior official in the biggest opposition party Ennahda and a prominent critic of President Kais Saied, and took him away, his lawyer Samir Dilou said by phone.
Authorities also raided the house of Mosaique FM head Noureddine Boutar, whose radio station has frequently broadcast criticism of Saied, and arrested him after searching his home, his lawyer Dalila Ben Mbarek said by phone.
