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Tunisia · Saturday, 17 October 2026

On the eve of Saturday's national march, a Saied-aligned party calls organizers 'killers'

On the eve of Saturday's national march, a Saied-aligned party calls organizers 'killers'

A day before nine unions and civil society groups were set to march in Tunis, Watad party leader Mongi Rahoui published a statement accusing the organizers of being 'killers, criminals and agents' tied to assassinations and terrorism. The bar association, one of the march's co-organizers alongside the UGTT and the women's rights group Tunisian Democratic Women, urged lawyers to join through its president, Boubaker Bethabet, calling for mobilization 'without hesitation or fear.'

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