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Human Rights Watch Condemns Arrest Amid Tunisia's Dissent Crackdown

12/4/2025

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Police in Tunisia arrested Ayachi Hammami at his home after an appeals court upheld a five-year sentence.
He was convicted with around 40 others on conspiracy charges against state security.
Human Rights Watch condemned the charges as politically motivated amid a crackdown on dissent under President Kais Saied.
Hammami announced a hunger strike in protest, a sign of Tunisia's drift toward authoritarianism since the Arab Spring.

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Police in Tunisia arrested Ayachi Hammami at his home after an appeals court upheld a five-year sentence.
He was convicted with around 40 others on conspiracy charges against state security.
Human Rights Watch condemned the charges as politically motivated amid a crackdown on dissent under President Kais Saied.
Hammami announced a hunger strike in protest, a sign of Tunisia's drift toward authoritarianism since the Arab Spring.