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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.

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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.