A Tunisian military court has ordered the detention of a journalist after he claimed the army had refused the president’s orders to close down the headquarters of the powerful UGTT labour union.
Salah Attia likened the current situation in Tunisia to the final days of the former authoritarian leader, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was ousted in an uprising just over a decade ago.
Mr Attia is accused of “harming the army” and “inciting Tunisia to violence”.
Critics of President Kais Saied say he’s seeking to consolidate one-man rule since seizing power last July.
Source: BBC
