Tunisia begins trial of prominent opposition leaders on conspiracy charges


FILE PHOTO: Secretary general of Attayar party, Ghazi Chaouachi, attends an interview with Reuters in Tunis, Tunisia September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo

TUNIS, (Reuters) - Tunisian activists protested on Tuesday near a Tunis court where prominent figures face charges of conspiring against state security in a trial‮ ‬that the opposition says is fabricated and a symbol of President Kais Saied's authoritarian rule.

Rights groups say the trial highlights Saied's full control over the judiciary since he dissolved the elected parliament in 2021 and began ruling by decree before later dissolving the independent Supreme Judicial Council.

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