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Tunisia swears in judicial watchdog under

Tunisian crisis

TUNIS, March 7, 2022 (AFP) – Tunisia’s President Kais Saied inaugurated a “temporary” council of judges on Monday, which replaces an independent watchdog that he abolished weeks ago as he seized sweeping powers over the judiciary. Saied had last month scrapped the High Judicial Council (CSM), gave himself powers to sack judges and banned them from … Read more