Live

US pressure or rights advocacy? Tunisia pushes back

While Washington frames its appeal as defending democracy and freedoms, Tunisian observers argue that domestic reform cannot be outsourced.

1 min read

Iskandar Naouar
Press TV, Tunis

A US Congressional committee has called on Tunisian authorities to release several political figures, including lawyer and activist Ayachi Hammami. The move comes amid Tunisia’s post-2021 political transition and has sparked debate over whether Washington’s position is based on human rights concerns or part of a broader attempt to influence Tunisia’s internal political process.