Sun 05 June 2022:
Tunisian judges will stage a week-long strike on Monday to protest the dismissal of dozens of their colleagues by President Kais Saied.
In a statement, the Association of Judges said work will be suspended in courts and all judicial facilities and to start a sit-in as of Monday.
The statement, however, said cases related to terrorism will be excluded from the strike.
The move comes amid tension after the Tunisian president sacked 57 judges last week, accusing them of corruption and “protecting terrorists.”
Among those sacked was Youssef Bouzaker, the former head of the Supreme Judicial Council whose members the Tunisian president replaced this year.
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