LEFTIST STUDENT UNION IN TUNISIA AT HEART OF PROTESTS ROCKING COUNTRY
February 1st, 2021
A left-wing student union has been at the forefront of political protests currently wracking democratic Tunisia, actions that have led to its activists being arrested and held in jail.
Warda Atiq, the secretary general of UGET, (L'Union générale des étudiants de Tunisie), told UWN that 50 members of UGET have been arrested and 32 remain in pre-trial detention. The first arrest was of UGET’s representative in the southern region of Medenine, Kais Schneiter, on January 15, as protests sparked by alleged police brutality, economic woes and Covid-19 lockdowns ...
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