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Tunisian Minister of Human Rights and Relations with Civil Society Ayachi Hammami takes the oath of office during the country's new government swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, on February 27, 2020, following a confidence vote by parliament
Tunisia
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Tunisian police detain leading human rights defender

Tunisian rights defender Ayachi Hammami arrested after receiving a five-year sentence in a security case condemned by rights groups as politically motivated.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 December, 2025
Chaima Issa, a prominent human rights activist and leader of the National Salvation Front, an opposition coalition, poses for photos as she attends a press conference organized by the Coordination of the Families of Political Prisoners in Tunis, Tunisia, on November 7, 2025
Tunisia
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Tunisia arrests opposition figure Issa to enforce jail term

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 November, 2025
Ozgur Ozel
CHP
World
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Turkey court ousts leadership of opposition's Istanbul branch

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 September, 2025
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Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia says 'astonished' at UN criticism of human rights record

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 February, 2025
Analysis-Egypt Elections Outcomes
Egyptian elections
Analysis
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Egypt's implosion: Elections and the prospects for change

Maged Mandour
03 October, 2023
Tunisian Labour Union (UGTT) Hold Rally In Tunis
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisian opposition defies protest ban with rally

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 March, 2023
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Tunisia
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Echoes of the Ben Ali era in Kais Saied's Tunisia

Amine Snoussi
23 February, 2023
Tunisia
In-depth
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In Tunisia, travel bans are weaponised to silence opposition

Amine Snoussi
16 January, 2023
Lebanon
MENA
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Saudi opposition demands investigation into al-Yami's murder

William Christou
12 July, 2022
Kuwait
Voices

Will Kuwaiti emir's pardons break its political gridlock?

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Courtney Freer

27 October, 2021
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Sisi
Perspectives

Is Sisi pushing Egypt off a cliff?

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Alaa Bayoumi

21 June, 2017
سجن
reconciliation
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Egypt 'to release political prisoners' who renounce government opposition

The New Arab
03 January, 2015