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Arrests of Tunisian MPs raise fears of violating freedoms

Tunisian security forces have arrested two lawmakers opposed to a power grab by President Kais Saied.

Amir Bouka
Press TV, Tunis

Few hours after President Kais Saied’s decisions were published in the official gazette, Tunisian security forces arrested lawmaker Yassin Ayari, to serve a two-month jail term handed down to him by a military court in 2018.