By Vivian Yee Reporting from Damascus, Syria In the latest sign of deepening repression in what was once virtually the sole Arab democracy, a court in Tunisia has handed down heavy sentences to ...

Forty defendants were charged and referred for trial under numerous articles of Tunisia’s Penal Code and 2015 Counterterrorism Law, including some that carry the death penalty. The court began ...

For detractors of Tunisia’s President Kais Saied, the trial of more than 40 opposition figures is quite clearly a further nail in the coffin of the country’s democracy – and the rule of law.

Tunisia Hands Lengthy Prison Terms to Opposition Leaders on Conspiracy Charges By Tarek Amara and Menna AlaaElDin TUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian court on Saturday handed jail terms of 13 to 66 years ...

Tunisia has dramatically expanded the use of politically motivated arrests and prosecutions to intimidate and silence critics, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Wednesday. In what ...

US Gains Release of American Held in Tunisia, Official Says WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials gained the release on Sunday of an American detained in Tunisia, Robert Vieira, U.S. special envoy ...