Student union at heart of protests rocking Tunisia
Student union at heart of protests rocking Tunisia Warda Atiq, the secretary-general of L'Union générale des étudiants de Tunisie (UGET), told University World News that 50 members of UGET have been arrested and 32 remain in pre-trial detention. The first arrest was of Kais Schneiter, UGET’s representative in the southern region of Medenine, in mid-January, as protests sparked by alleged police brutality, economic woes and COVID-19 lockdowns gathered steam. UGET activist Ghafran Sfar told University World News that police “used psychological pressure” against Schneiter, “threate...
Source: universityworldnews.com