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Human Rights Watch has released a damning report on the authoritarian drift of Kaïs Saïed’s regime, denouncing arbitrary detentions and a repressive justice system.
The Newsroom
| 16 April 2025 | 8 minutes
Germany’s need for foreign healthcare workers has led many Tunisians nurses to seek a future there, often facing a tangle of bureaucracy and unregulated recruitment agencies. Despite recent reforms to make things easier, the process remains complex and leaves many vulnerable to exploitation. 
Hannah JagemastJamil Zegrer
| 09 September 2024 | 10 minutes
Arrests of migrants, camp destruction operations and searches of NGO premises: since the end of April, the anti-migrant policy has taken on an unprecedented scale.
Driss Rejichi
| 17 May 2024 | 10 minutes
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