Tunisia: Prospective Presidential Candidates Barred

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image The Chairman of the Independent High Electoral Body (ISIE) Farouk Bouasker, (3-R) at a press conference on August 10, 2024, to announce just three preliminary candidates for the presidential election to be held in Tunisia. © 2024 Mohamed Hammi/SIPA/Shutterstock. (Beirut) – Tunisian authorities have prosecuted, convicted, or imprisoned at least eight prospective candidates for the October 6, 2024, presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today. The electoral commission has approved only three candidates, including incumbent President Kais Saied. Tunisian…

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