2024-05-14 17:45:17
Tunisian police stormed the Bar Affiliation headquarters constructing for the second time and arrested lawyer Mehdi Zaqrouba, based on what Reuters reported.
Lawyer Kulthum Kanoo stated: “What occurred is one thing I’ve by no means seen in my life. The police forces entered in a showy method and arrested Zaqrouba and dragged him to the bottom earlier than a few of them returned to smash the glass of the door.”
In the meantime, attorneys said that “the Public Prosecution prolonged the detention of media figures Murad Al-Zughidi and Burhan Bseis, who have been additionally arrested on Saturday, resulting from radio feedback and posts on social media.”
On Saturday, the police stormed “the Bar Affiliation constructing in implementation of a judicial resolution and arrested lawyer Sania Dahmani, recognized for her sturdy criticism of President Kais Saied.”
Based on Reuters, “Al-Dahmani was arrested after she stated on a tv program final week that Tunisia is a rustic the place it isn’t nice to reside in, commenting on a speech by the president, who stated that there was a conspiracy to push 1000’s of migrants from sub-Saharan nations to stay in Tunisia.”
“Dozens of attorneys, together with Zaqrouba, gathered yesterday, Monday, in entrance of the courtroom, the place a decide was listening to the Dahmani case, chanting slogans together with, ‘What a disgrace, the attorneys and the judiciary are underneath siege.’”
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2024-05-14 17:45:17