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A Tunisian court sentences opposition party leader Lotfi Mraïhi, a potential presidential candidate, to eight months in prison on a charge of vote buying, and also bans Mraïhi from running in presidential elections.
2024-07-19

A court in Tunisia sentences four people to death and two others to life in prison for the 2013 murder of politician Chokri Belaid.
2024-03-27

The Tunisian judiciary announces that it will suspend work in all of the courts and go on strike for a week in response to President Kais Saied dismissing 57 judges earlier this week.
2022-06-4

Tunisia reports 1,308 new confirmed cases on Wednesday, the health ministry says. This is a new record high since the beginning of the pandemic, prompting the government to impose a nightly curfew in Sousse and Monastir governorates.
2020-10-2

Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi declares a state of emergency.
2015-07-4

The United Kingdom holds a minute of silence at midday to commemorate the 38 people - including 30 Britons - killed in Tunisia a week ago.
2015-07-3

Tunisia deploys an additional 1000 police in resorts and beaches following the attack on tourists on Friday.
2015-06-28

Tunisia announces plans to close down 80 "propagandist" mosques following yesterday's attacks in which 39 people died.
2015-06-27

The government of Tunisia declares an overnight curfew in the capital Tunis following three days of unrest.
2011-05-7

Tunisian journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, who criticised the country's leader and who is, according to Amnesty International, a "prisoner of conscience", loses his appeal against a six-month prison sentence for assault.
2010-01-30