#Abir Moussi

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A Tunisian court late on Monday sentenced a prominent critic of President Kais Saied to two years in prison on a charge of insulting the election commission.

Abir Moussi reportedly filed to run for president in a vote set for October 6 over the weekend, according to local Mosaique radio.

The radio station reported the news about her sentencing on the same day a Tunisian court sentenced four presidential election candidates to eight months in prison, according to Reuters.

The four candidates — prominent politician Abdel Latif Mekki, activist Nizar Chaari, Judge Mourad Massoudi and Adel Dou — were banned from running for office on a charge of vote buying, Reuters reported citing politicians and a lawyer.

The sentences reinforce the fears of opposition politicians who accuse authorities of using arbitrary restrictions to ensure the reelection of Saied.

Kais Saied's increasingly authoritarian rule

Tunisia's President Kais Saied rose to power in 2019 after the death of Tunisia's first democratically elected president.

Saied positioned himself as a political newcomer standing up to a corrupt elite and won a landslide victory that year.

But since 2021, he embarked on a major power grab — he sacked the prime minister, suspended parliament and began ruling by decree.

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A Tunisian court has sentenced a number of potential presidential election candidates to prison and banned them from running for office, according to local media, politicians, and a lawyer, in a move critics say is aimed at excluding serious competitors to President Kais Saied in October’s vote. A court decision was issued on Monday against prominent politician Abdel Latif Mekki, activist Nizar Chaari, Judge Mourad Massoudi and another candidate, Adel Dou, according to lawyer Mokthar Jmai who spoke to Reuters. All four were sentenced to eight months in prison and banned from running for office on a charge of vote buying. Another court late on Monday sentenced Abir Moussi – who is also a staunch critic of president Saied – to two years in prison, on a charge of insulting the election commission, local Mosaique radio reported.

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Urgent Action: OPPOSITION FIGURE HANDED TWO YEAR SENTENCE (Tunisia Third UA 114.23)

On August 5, 2024, the Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced opposition figure, Abir Moussi, to two years in prison under Decree-Law 54 following a complaint filed by the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) after she criticized the legislative elections process.

Abir Moussi has been in arbitrary detention since October 3, 2023 under charges that include “attempting to change the form of government,” “inciting violence on Tunisian territory,” and “attacking with the aim of provoking disorder” under Article 72 of the Penal Code, following her attempt to submit an appeal against presidential decrees ahead of local elections.

Abir Moussi is facing several other charges in separate investigations related to the exercise of her right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.

The Tunisian authorities must immediately release Abir Moussi and drop the charges against her as they are based solely on the exercise of her rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.

PLEASE TAKE ACTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE UNTIL: November 2, 2024

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Presidential polls in Tunisia have gotten off to a rocky start with critics denouncing a crackdown that has seen opponents of leader Kais Saied arrested, jailed and blocked from running. Tuesday was the deadline for candidates to register for the 6 October vote.  Prominent rival Abir Moussi, 49, head of the Free Destourian Party, was sentenced to two years in prison late Monday. He has already been in jail since October. The former parliament member is a vocal critic of Saied, who has been in power since 2019. Six other potential candidates have also been sentenced to prison, and several have been banned from running for life. Among those recently arrested were Issam Chebbi, leader of the centrist party Al Joumhouri, and Ghazi Chaouchi, head of the social-democratic party Democratic Current. These politicians are part of a group of over 20 of Saied's opponents detained since a series of arrests in February 2023. Last week, four women working on the presidential campaign of rapper-turned-businessman Karim Gharbi (known as K2Rhym) were jailed for allegedly buying endorsement signatures. Additionally, three staffers from media personality Nizar Chaari's campaign have been detained on similar suspicions, which Chaari has denied.

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Tunisian opposition figure Moussi sentenced to prison ahead of October election

A potential presidential candidate in Tunisia has been sentenced to two years in prison, marking another setback to the country’s fledgling opposition challenging President Kais Saied as he seeks a new term. Abir Moussi, a 49-year-old lawyer and the head of the right-wing Free Destourian Party, was arrested in October after criticizing the electoral process and presidential decrees guiding it,…

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Picture for representational functions solely. A possible presidential candidate in Tunisia has been sentenced to 2 years in jail, marking one other setback for the nation's fledgling opposition difficult President Kais Saied in his quest for a brand new time period.Abir Moussi, a 49-year-old lawyer and chief of the right-wing Free Desturian Social gathering, was arrested in October after criticising the electoral course of and the presidential decrees that govern it, alleging a scarcity of transparency.Following a criticism filed by the North African nation's electoral authority, she was discovered responsible of violating a controversial anti-fake information decree that bans spreading data that defames or harms others. The legislation has been extensively used to prosecute those that criticize the authorities.Learn additionally: Tunisian opposition says investigations are politically motivatedMs Moussi's lawyer, Nafaa Laribi, stated The Related Press on Tuesday (6 August 2024) that he nonetheless intends to run within the presidential election on 6 October and that, in contrast to different candidates, nothing in Monday's (5 August 2024) ruling prevents him from operating.Mr. Laribi stated Ms. Moussi's morale remained excessive and he or she deliberate to attraction. The ruling is the most recent in a rising crackdown that observers say is politically motivated in opposition to Saied's critics, no matter their political affiliation.With Moussi and different senior opposition figures in jail, Saied is anticipated to face little electoral competitors in what was as soon as probably the most progressive democracy within the Center East and North Africa.Moussi is talking to sections of the inhabitants who're nostalgic for Tunisia's pre-revolutionary period. A vocal critic of Islamists reminiscent of jailed Ennahda chief Rached Ghannouchi, Moussi was a longtime official in President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's ruling celebration. Through the years, she turned one of many nation's hottest and controversial political figures.

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Tunisian opposition figure Moussi sentenced to prison ahead of October elections

Potential Tunisian presidential candidate Abir Moussi was sentenced to two years in prison, AP News reported.

Moussi, head of the Free Destourian Party, was arrested in October after criticising the electoral process and the presidential decrees guiding it, saying there was a lack of transparency. The verdict was another defeat for the country’s young opposition challenging President Kais Saied seeking to run for another term.

Following a complaint by Tunisia’s electoral authority, she was found guilty of violating a controversial anti-fake news decree that prohibited the dissemination of information defaming or harming others. However, the law has been widely used to prosecute those who criticise the authorities.

Moussi’s lawyer Nafaa Laribi stated on Tuesday that she still intended to run in the 6 October presidential election and that, unlike other candidates, nothing in the sentence prevented her from running. Laribi announced Moussi’s intention to file an appeal.

Since Moussi and other leading opposition figures are in jail, Saied is not expected to face electoral competition in a country that used to be the Middle East and North Africa’s most progressive democracy.

A sharp critic of Islamists such as jailed Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi, Moussi was an official in the longtime ruling party of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Over the years, she has become one of Tunisia’s most popular and contentious politicians.

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Tunisian court jails four presidential candidates and bars them from elections

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Tunisian court jails four presidential candidates and bars them from elections

A Tunisian court on Monday sentenced four potential presidential election candidates to eight months in prison and banned them from running for office on a charge of vote buying, politicians and a lawyer told Reuters, a move they said was aimed at excluding serious competitors of President Kais Saied.

The ruling reinforces the fears of opposition parties, candidates, and human rights groups who have accused authorities of using arbitrary restrictions and intimidation in order to ensure the re-election of Saied in a vote set for 7 October.

The decision was issued against prominent politician Abdel Latif Mekki, activist Nizar Chaari, Judge Mourad Massoudi, and another candidate, Adel Dou, said lawyer Mokthar Jmai.

Ahmed Nafatti, the manager of Mekki’s campaign, said they still planned to submit his candidacy papers on Tuesday.

“The decision is unfair and unjust, and aims to exclude a serious player from the race,” Nafatti said.

“It is a shocking rule, it aims to keep us away from running for the race after a series of restrictions,” Chaari told Reuters.

Another court late on Monday sentenced Abir Moussi, also a prominent opponent of Saied, to two years in prison, on a charge of insulting the election commission, the local Mosaique radio reported.

Last month, a court sentenced Lotfi Mraihi, a potential presidential election candidate and fierce critic of Saied, to eight months in prison on a charge of vote buying. It also banned him from running in presidential elections.

Elected in 2019, Saied dissolved parliament in 2021 and began ruling by decree in a move the opposition described as a coup. He has said he will not hand over power to what he calls “non-patriots”.

Opposition parties, many of whose leaders are in prison, have accused Saied’s government of exerting pressure on the judiciary to crack down on his rivals in the 2024 elections and pave the way for him to win a second term.

Saied has denied placing any restrictions on rivals.

“There are no restrictions on potential candidates for the presidential elections… this is nonsense and lies,” Saied told reporters on Monday after submitting his official candidacy file.

Earlier on Monday, at least four other prominent potential candidates said the election commission had imposed a new restriction by demanding they submit their police record in order to register, but that the interior ministry had refused to provide those records.

They accused authorities of seeking to return Tunisia to the years of dictatorship and farce elections that were the norm before the Tunisian revolution in 2011. The interior ministry was not immediately available for comment.

(Reuters)

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Tunisia, tre nuove indagini contro oppositrice Abir Moussi

Si aggrava la posizione giuridica di Abir Moussi, la leader del Partito desturiano libero (Pdl) rivale del presidente tunisino Kais Saied in carcere dal 3 ottobre scorso. La procura di Tunisi ha infatti aperto nei suoi confronti tre nuovi procedimenti, oltre a quello per cui è già in prigione, con l’accusa di “tentativo di cambiare la forma di governo, incitamento dei cittadini ad armarsi gli uni…

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RICINO & CAROTE La TUNISIA é ricca di alberi di Ricino. Ne trovi ovunque perché nascono spontaneamente, non hanno bisogno di nessuna cura o di qualsiasi manutenzione. Dalle bacche si ricava il famoso olio che, l'estetista Dott. Mussolini, consigliava come cura contro la testardaggine partigiana. Ma i benefici non si fermano qui, é estremamente consigliato contro le rughe, la fortificazione delle unghie e la caduta dei capelli. Il Sant'Uomo di Predappio ne aveva scoperto le virtù miracolose, somministrandolo alle cavie comuniste che dopo soli tre trattamenti diventavano socialdemocratici. Purtroppo nessuno gli credette, anzi, fu messo al bando. L'illustre Medico, vanto della nostra Medicina negli anni venti del secolo scorso, scoperse in laboratorio a Salo' anche i benefici della carota. Per combattere le emorroidi e le ragadi, bastava infilarla nel retto e tenerla per qualche ora. Molti, adducendo fantasiosi dolori anali, rifiutavano il trattamento, preferendo tenersi le emorroidi marxiste. Oggi la TUNISIA, rende onore al Grande Benito, somministrando ai cittadini dose massicce di olio di ricino e deliziose carotine anali. Certo, c'é sempre qualcuno che borbotta, tipo i Sindacati, sempre pronti a difendere le cause perse dei lavoratori, ma la stragrande maggioranza é tutta schierata con Abir Moussi, la Dietologa che propone non solo questi rimedi, ma altri di sicuro successo. Tipo il confinamento femminile. Le Donne sono inevitabilmente soggette alle bramosie incontrollate dei Maschi Arabi. Non potendoli evirare per questioni legate alla riproduzione, si mettono al riparo le Vittime, consigliando loro di non uscire spesso di casa, coprirsi il più possibile e mangiare molto aglio che si sa, nuoce agli Uomini Vampiri. Altro sublime pensiero é legato all'eredità. Non potendo uscire, non potendo far sfoggia di scarpe e borsette, cosa se ne farebbero dei soldi del defunto padre ? Nulla. Quindi tanto vale che li lascino ai fratelli maschi. A loro una simbolica quota del 20% da dividersi naturalmente con altre eventuali sorelle. Su queste, ed altre amenità, potete leggere le interviste che rilascia in merito al nuovo Stato Ideale, costruito sul Ricino & Carota. E pensare che Noi ce l'avevamo in casa il Genio e l'abbiamo appeso a testa in giù. Scellerati e Irrispettosi, ecco cosa siamo. Claudio Khaled Ser

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The conservative Ennahdha party has come first in Tunisia's parliamentary election, according to an exit poll broadcast by state TV.

The poll by Sigma Conseil showed Rached Ghannouchi's moderate Islamist party would secure 17.5 percent of Sunday's vote, or 40 seats in the 217-strong parliament. It was followed closely by Qalb Tounes, a relatively new party founded by jailed media mogul Nabil Karoui, at 15.6 percent or 33 seats.

Hours earlier, Karoui, one of the two candidates to advance to Tunisia's presidential runoff vote that will be held next week - claimed in a statement that his party had come first.

"We are the most visionary, we want to break the old establishment," Samy Achour, a senior member of Qalb Tounes's political bureau, told Al Jazeera.

But if exit polls are anything to go by, not everyone appears ready to do so.

In an election day that came and went without much enthusiasm, voter turnout was expected to have been low - recorded at 23.49 percent at 2pm, six hours after the opening of the polls.

Sharan Grewal, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution who focuses on North Africa, predicted a lower turnout compared with the first round of Tunisia's presidential election last month, which stood at 49 percent. The main reason, he said, was that some of the supporters of Kais Saied, Karoui's opponent in the upcoming presidential runoff, "stayed home" as the academic had no party and "did not endorse any party or list".

"Several parties including Ennahdha ... tried to court his voters, but it remains to be seen how they did," Grewal added.

In Sousse, on the Gulf of Hammamet, one voter said he was the only person in a crowded coffee shop sporting a blue index finger - the telltale sign of those who had cast their vote. Elsewhere, Zohra Eltaief, a 65-year-old retired nurse, said she voted for list number two, of Abir Moussi's party. Moussi is often referred to as being nostalgic of the era of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who ruled Tunisia for 24 years before being toppled in a 2011 civilian uprising that forced him to flee. "Moussi is a lawyer and has been always involved in politics, she is the extension of Bourguiba and Ben Ali who were devoted to the country," Eltaief said. "Today, she is the only one who is able to stop the obscurantism of Ennahdha and its allies."

According to the exit poll, Karama, a conservative coalition led by lawyer Seifeddine Makhlouf, came in third with 18 seats, followed by the recently formed Tahya Tounes secular party led by current Prime Minister Youssef Chahed with 16 seats.

"As in 2011 and 2014, the winning party will need to form a coalition to gain a majority," Grewal said. "The big question here is whether that coalition will include both the top two parties, Ennahdha and Qalb Tounes. During the campaign period, both ruled out a coalition between them."

This, says Grewal, could mean weeks or even months of negotiations. "No party has over 20 percent, and it will take at least four parties to even form a government," he added.

Sarah Yerkes, a fellow in Carnegie's Middle East Program, said she did not expect Ennahdha and Qalb Tunes to work together.

"If Ennahdha is asked to form a government, it will likely do so with a variety of smaller parties and independents," she said.

Yerkes added that if the exit poll was confirmed, the relatively weak performance of the top two parties compared with the previous parliamentary election in 2014 highlighted "how much more divided the political scene is today". Five years ago, Nidaa Tounes came first with almost 38 percent of the vote, followed by Ennahdha with nearly 28 percent.

More than 1,500 lists and 15,000 candidates on Sunday ran for 217 seats, with registered political parties and independents vying for control of the single chamber.

While Tunisia is often referred to as the only success story to come out of the Arab Spring, the elections were held against a backdrop of spiralling food prices, inflation and more than 15 percent unemployment.

tunisians expected democracy would allow them to vote out corruption and rich parasites and vote in western living standards. what they found was that they could only vote for people willing to apply a series of different social mores but all willing to apply the same set of internationally imposed austerity measures. as a result, most have become disillusioned and don’t even want to bother voting.

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سامية عبو : صحيح حبينا نلفقو قضية إيهاب لعبي موسي لكن في كنف الإحتيام

سامية عبو : صحيح حبينا نلفقو قضية إيهاب لعبي موسي لكن في كنف الإحتيام

تداولت صفحات التواصل الإجتماعي تسريبات للنائبة سامية عبو تفيد انها تخطط رفقة النائب بشر الشابي لتلفيق قضايا إرهاب لزميلتهما عبير موسي في حركة طريفة لإسكاتها وإثنائها عن إزعاج مداولات مجلس نواب الشعب.

وقد صرحت عبو، شهرت “اللبؤة”، ان ما تم تداوله في غاية الصحة وانها بالفعل تكن كرها عميقا لغريمتها واصفة إياها ب”الكلبة الشايطة” كتعبير مجازي لحدة نشاطها في المجلس.

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The Tunisian MP who was slapped but not beaten

The Tunisian MP who was slapped but not beaten

Abir Moussi is a thorn in the side of political Islamists in Tunisia When Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur hit global headlines for becoming the first North African woman to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals, another Tunisian woman also made the news but for all the wrong reasons. Abir Moussi, the outspoken leader of the opposition Al-Dustur al-Hurr party, was slapped and kicked as she was…