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4 people sentenced to death in Tunisia for a 2013 political assassination | India News

March 28, 2024 by Adam Smith

TUNIS: Four people were sentenced Wednesday to death and two to life in prison for a murder that sparked widespread unrest in Tunisia and became emblematic of the country’s early challenges transitioning from dictatorship to democracy after the Arab Spring. Chokri Belaid, the 48-year-old leader of the Popular Front coalition, was a prominent critic of … Read more

Tunisians Vote: Tunisians vote in local elections on Sunday to fill a new chamber as economy flatlines

December 23, 2023 by Adam Smith

TUNIS: Butter and milk shortages. Political party boycotts. Ongoing prosecutions of the president’s critics. This is the environment in which Tunisians will head to the polls on Sunday for the country’s first local elections since president Kais Saied wrote a new constitution that voters approved last year. Voting will determine the composition of a new … Read more