Tunisia's National Salvation Front opposition coalition said on Thursday it would demonstrate on Sunday despite being denied permission by the authorities, amid a crackdown on high profile critics of the country's president.
Tunisia's opposition is watching for how the authorities will handle that protest and another called for Saturday by the powerful labour union, UGTT, in light of a series of arrests of prominent critics of President Kais Saied.
The governor of Tunis said in a statement that he was refusing permission for Sunday's protest because the group's leaders are accused of conspiring against state security. Leaders of the National Salvation Front coalition are among over a dozen opponents of the president arrested over the past month on charges that the opposition says are politically motivated.
The arrests, which also include other senior politicians, the owner of a major media outlet and a prominent businessman, represent the biggest crackdown on opponents of Saied since he seized most powers in 2021.
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