Middle East and North Africa

Tunisia: Alongside a world summit, the police ban a gathering of international and Tunisian associations



Plainclothes police in Tunis surround Mahmoud Dhaouadi, after preventing him and other Tunisians and members of international rights organizations from attending an NGO meeting on November 14. Dhaouadi is secretary-general of the Union of Tunisian Journalists, an organization the government has refused to legally authorize.