Tunisia: Human Rights Watch Slams Tunisia’s ‘Repressive’ Use of Arbitrary Detention

The non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) has just published a new report on Tunisia, condemning the government’s use of arbitrary detention as “a cornerstone of its repressive policy”, and asserting that it is intended to deprive individuals of their civil and political rights.

The NGO says that its research suggests that, since President Kais Saied’s takeover of Tunisia’s state institutions on 25 July 2021, the authorities have dramatically intensified their repression of…