A lawyer for the Tunis Court, criticizes the president for two years in prison news

Sonia Dahamani, the fierce critic of President Kais Sail, criticized her practices against refugees and migrants.

A Tunisian court sentenced Sonia Dahamani, a prominent lawyer and a famous critic of President Kais Says, for a period of two years in prison. Lawyers said, in the event that rights groups say that corridors are deepening the opposition in the country of North Africa.

Dhamani’s lawyers withdrew from the trial after the judge refused to postpone the session on Monday, claiming that Dhamani was trial twice for the same action.

The court ruled Dhamani for statements criticizing practices against refugees and migrants from sub -Saharan Africa.

The lawyer, Bassem Treifi, said the sentence was “a dangerous injustice.”

“What is happening is a farce. Sonia is tried twice for the same statement,” said lawyer Sami bin Ghazi, another lawyer for Dhamani.

Dhamani was arrested last year after comments during a television appearance questioned the government’s position of refugees and African immigrants who are not documented in Tunisia.

The case was placed under the controversial electronic crime law in the country, Decree 54, which was convicted by international and local rights groups on a large scale.

Most of the opposition leaders, some journalists and critics have been imprisoned in Saied since Saial seized control of most of the forces, replaced the elected parliament, and began to rule under Decree in 2021 – the opposition that the opposition described as a coup.

Saied rejects the charges, says his actions are legal and aims to end years of chaos and outbreaks.

Human rights groups and activists say that Sayal has turned Tunisia into an open -air prison and uses the judiciary and the police to target his political opponents.

Saied rejects these accusations, saying that he will not be a dictator and seeks to hold everyone accountable equally, regardless of their position or name.

Earlier this year, the country conducted a collective trial in which dozens of defendants were delivered Prison conditions reaches 66 years. Critics condemned the trial as a political and basis motivation.

The defendants faced charges, including a “conspiracy against state security” and “belonging to a terrorist group,” according to their lawyers.

Among those targeted, there were personalities from what was previously the largest party, Anada, such as the leader and a former spokesperson for Parliament Ganouchi’s noisyFormer Prime Minister Hishim Mishichi, and former Minister of Justice Nurdeen Bahiri.

It was celebrated that Tunisia was celebrated as the only democratic success of 2011 “The Arab Spring” Revolutions, with strong political participation between members of public society and civil society, who have often moved to air waves and streets to make their voices heard.

The years that followed the revolution, which toppled Zain Abidine Ben Ali, have long witnessed the growth of a healthy political system with many of the elections that were declared free and fair by international observers.

However, the weak economy and the strengthening of the anti -democratic powers led to a decline, culminated in Sis’s communication to the government and the dissolution of Parliament.