Tunisia's slide to one-man rule: Who is Kais Saied?
Here is what you need to know about President Kais Saied, and why the newly adopted constitution expanding his powers is raising fears about Tunisia's democratic backsliding.
Selected Reporting from Tunisia
Middle East Eye
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9th February 2026
Ahmed Nejib Chebbi on Tunisia's wave of arrests: Kais Saied's aim is to 'criminalise political activity'
In an interview with Middle East Eye, the leader of Tunisia's National Salvation Front, Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, says the latest wave of arrests against the country's opposition and activists aims ''to criminalise freedom of opinion, criminalise freedom of expression, and criminalise the right to opposition".
TRT World
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21st November 2016
Tunisia faces up to dark history with first public hearings
Tunisians are finally confronting the darker side of their recent history; a legacy of state torture, killing, and forced disappearances. Victims and witnesses of gross human rights violations stood in the first-ever public hearings held on November 17 and 18 to testify to the wrongdoings of past governments.
Committee to Protect Journalists
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23rd May 2024
In Tunisia, press freedom erodes amid security fears
Hard-earned press freedom in Tunisia is under threat as journalists are squeezed between violent extremists and security services sensitive to criticism in the wake of deadly terror attacks.
Middle East Eye
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27th April 2022
Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki talks to MEE about Tunisia’s political crisis
‘I think he's no longer acceptable and supported by anybody, I think even his good friends like the Emirate regime, the Saudi regime, the Egyptian regime, they do know that this guy is extremely weak.’
Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki says that the current president, Kais Saied, has lost his legitimacy and is no longer supported by anybody.
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Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki says that the current president, Kais Saied, has lost his legitimacy and is no longer supported by anybody.
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The Guardian
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17th December 2015
'I changed Tunisia's history. I regret it all now' – video
Five years ago, in a desperate act of protest against the oppression he faced in Tunisia, fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi killed himself by setting himself on fire. His death prompted protests in his home town of Sidi Bouzid. Hosni Kalaya tells how he set himself on fire to further fuel the anger, triggering a revolution in Tunisia and the Arab Spring in the wider region.
CNN
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2nd July 2015
Tunisia terror attack: 30 of 38 people killed are British, UK says
Thirty of the people killed in the Tunisia beach massacre last week are UK citizens, authorities said Thursday, marking the worst terror attacks against Britons in a decade.
Al Jazeera
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28th May 2014
Tunisia drug use grows
Tunis, Tunisia – Samir Ben Fatoum was 15 years old when he started using drugs. Studying in France, he was living a dream held by many Tunisians. But soon, he said, things fell apart.
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