Kamel Elta News Today

Tunisias president is locking up political opponents and inciting racist violence, as the countrys economy plunges into further chaos, President Kaïs Saïed is making good on his 28 December promise to crack down on what he calls the enemies of Tunisia. In the past few weeks, he has imprisoned political heavyweights including Noureddine Bhiri, a senior official in Islamist Ennahda party, influential activist Khayam Turki, and the former kingmaker for former President Zine el Abidine Ben...

Mr. Ben Mbarek, 55, is the most prominent opponent to be arrested as part of a campaign of arrests launched in early February in political and business circles, unprecedented since President Saied cornered the powers in July 2021.

The arrests come as part of a crackdown launched this weekend by the Tunisian security services in which political activists, former judges, and an influential businessman were arrested.