Tunisian protesters decry constitutional reform plans, judicial purge
Hundreds demonstrated on Sunday in Tunisia's capital against a planned referendum on constitutional changes and President Kais Saied's recent firing of dozens of judges.
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Hundreds demonstrated on Sunday in Tunisia's capital against a planned referendum on constitutional changes and President Kais Saied's recent firing of dozens of judges.
Members of the protest group Femen bared their breasts once more, on this occasion in a mosque in Stockholm. Three members of the Ukraine-based group, who bare their breasts in public places in various locations for a range of issues, peeled off their tops and shouted slogans such as “no Sharia, no oppression” and “free women” as police escorted them off at the weekend.
TUNIS, Dec 9—One person died after he set himself on fire at the headquarters of Tunisia's Ennahda Islamist ...
TUNIS: Fire broke out at the headquarters of Tunisia’s Ennahda party on Thursday. Ali Larayedh, a party leader and former prime minister, was injured when he jumped to safety from a second-floor window, sources and witnesses said. Civil Protection Office workers were rescuing some people from the building in the capital, Tunis. It was not yet clear if there were more injuries.
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