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The crackdown on opponents of President Saied has sparked international criticism and fears of a return to autocracy.

Tunisia's president on Thursday rejected "foreign interference and harm to the country's sovereignty" after the United States raised concerns over a recent wave of arrests of his critics.

A new wave of arrests in Tunisia has expanded to include businessmen, judges and security officials who have been accused of “conspiring against state security.” Tunisian human rights sources estimated the number of detainees at about 15 individuals. According to the sources, it is likely that the number of those…

Lawyers say that Tunisian authorities have arrested the leader of the Ennahda opposition Islamist movement in a crackdown on rival politicians and critics of the North African country’s increasingly authoritarian president Kais Saied

Detentions come amid a wave of arrests targeting politicians and other critics of the government.

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.

Tunisian police on Sunday arrested two former judges who were dismissed by President Kais Saied last year, a lawyer and local media said, in the second day of a wave of detentions of prominent people, including politicians and a businessman.

Tunisian police detained a politician and a prominent, politically connected businessman on Saturday, their lawyers said, adding that authorities had not given reasons for the arrests.

Tunisian President Kais Saied has decided to strengthen diplomatic ties with Syria, the presidency said on Thursday, the clearest sign yet of Tunisia's intention to fully restore relations days after a deadly earthquake that has devastated large parts of Syria.