by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 18, 2023 | Legal, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Sentencing for US Embassy Bombing Suspects Handed Down Summary: This week, death sentences by hanging were issued by a Tunisian court for two Tunisians who were involved in the suicide bombing attack that targeted the US Embassy in Tunis on 6 March 2020....
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 17, 2023 | Political, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: New Minister of the Interior Appointed After Charfeddine Resigns Summary: Late on Thursday, 16 March 2023, Toufik Charfeddine reportedly resigned as Minister of the Interior. On 17 March, President Kais Saied issued two decrees, one officially removing...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 15, 2023 | Political, Security, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Freedom House Marks Decline in Political, Civil Liberties Summary: This week, Freedom House released its 2023 report on political rights and civil liberties in Tunisia, noting a significant decline in the country’s numerical score which is based on ratings...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 10, 2023 | Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Over 1000 Migrants Returned to Tunisia in Single Night Summary: Over the night of 9/10 March 2023, the Tunisian National Guard returned 1,008 irregular migrants to Tunisia from the Mediterranean Sea following the disruption of 25 separate crossing attempts....
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 8, 2023 | Political, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Backlash Over Interior Minister’s Statements as Opposition Figures Hunger Strike Summary: On 7 March 2023, Interior Minister Toufik Charfeddine made controversial statements about union organizers, politicians, journalists, and businessmen, accusing them of...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 24, 2023 | Security, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: President’s Migration Comments Raise Risk of Backlash for Black Africans Summary: On 21 February 2023, President Kais Saied made controversial comments regarding sub-Saharan African migrants to his National Security Council, attributing the influx of...