The Latest Breaking News from Tunisia

In eastern Tunisia, near the coastal city of Sfax, hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been forced to move to nearby olive groves after authorities dismantled their camps earlier this month.

Souab is a fierce critic of President Kais Saied and was arrested for comments about the judiciary acting under duress.

Tunisian media say a court has sentenced leading opposition figures to between 13 and 66 years in prison

Dozens of defendants found guilty of “conspiracy against state security” and given sentences of 13 to 66 years.

International Committee for Solidarity with Rached Ghannouchi decries ‘repressive campaign’ against Ennahdha party head.

Death penalty has effectively been suspended in Tunisia since 1991, but prominent opposition figures may be sentenced.

A new Human Rights Watch report says Tunisia has dramatically expanded the use of politically motivated arrests and prosecutions to intimidate and silence critics

Migrants from Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia are now unlikely to be granted asylum

The non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) has just released a new report on Tunisia, denouncing the government's use of arbitrary detention as “a cornerstone of its repressive policy” and claiming it is designed to strip individuals of their civil and political rights.