February 8, 2022 Meet the Middle East

Tunisia: President’s moves to shut down High Judicial Council poses ‘grave threat’ to human rights

President Kais Saied’s moves to shut down Tunisia’s High Judicial Council, an independent judicial oversight body set up after the country’s 2011 revolution to shield judges from government influence, pose a serious threat to judicial independence and fair trial rights in the country, Amnesty International said today. In videotaped remarks to Tunisia’s interior minister and ..
Source: Albawaba
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