Kais Saied

Tunisia to compensate wounded and families of dead from 2011 revolution

Dozens of youths were killed and hundreds injured during an uprising against the rule of then-president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.

By REUTERS
10/04/2022

Tunisian president issues decree dissolving parliament - official gazette

President Kais Saied accused those who took part in an "illegal" parliament session of being part of "a conspiracy against the security of the state."

By REUTERS
30/03/2022

Tunisian president cements power over judiciary

President Kais Saied outraged his opponents and alarmed democratic foreign allies with his announcement last week that he was dissolving the Supreme Judicial Council.

By REUTERS
13/02/2022

Tunisians protest against president's power grab as opposition deepens

About 3,000 demonstrators gathered in Tunis on Sunday under a heavy police presence to protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied's seizure of governing powers and called on him to step down.

By REUTERS
26/09/2021

Tunisian democracy in crisis after president ousts government

Tunisian military deployed to the government palace in the Kasbah in Tunis on Monday and stopped government workers from entering the building after Saied ousted the government.

By REUTERS
26/07/2021

Claims Tunisian president made antisemitic rhetoric false, says his office

Prior to the denial by the president’s office, the Conference of European Rabbis protested in a statement what they believed to be an antisemitic remark by Saied.

By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
21/01/2021
Presidential candidate Kais Saied speaks after the announcement of results of presidential election

Tunisian president sorry for antisemitic remarks, rabbi says

"The President of Tunisia a few minutes ago called up the chief rabbi of Djerba, Rabbi Haim Bitan and apologized for his diatribe against the Jews, faulting them for unrest in the country."

Presidential candidate Kais Saied speaks after the announcement of results of presidential election

Tunisia's president elect: Normalization with 'Zionist entity' is treachery

"This is my view on the Zionist entity and it will not change... We are in a situation of war with Zionism, and normalization is treachery."

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