The Tunisian Bar Association escalates its rhetoric against the president. Why now?.
The recent move by the Bar Association in Tunisia sparked controversy about the motives and timing. Some considered that it had returned after a long absence to rise up against the regime of President Kais Saied due to what it considered a deterioration of freedoms. Others said that its position falls within the framework of its defense of material rights only. The Bar Association’s statement comes after numerous complaints by lawyers who are being investigated on charges of conspiring against state security and insulting others.