Arab spring dreams in ruins as Tunisia goes to polls against backdrop of repression

Arab spring dreams in ruins as Tunisia goes to polls against backdrop of repression

Critics of incumbent Kais Saied say he has increasingly bent the country’s institutions to his will Tunisia will hold a presidential election on Sunday against the backdrop of a crackdown on dissent and human rights violations committed against undocumented migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranean to Europe. The incumbent, Kais Saied, whose most prominent critics…