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US pressure or rights advocacy? Tunisia pushes back

While Washington frames its appeal as defending democracy and freedoms, Tunisian observers argue that domestic reform cannot be outsourced.

Iskandar Naouar
Press TV, Tunis

A US Congressional committee has called on Tunisian authorities to release several political figures, including lawyer and activist Ayachi Hammami. The move comes amid Tunisia’s post-2021 political transition and has sparked debate over whether Washington’s position is based on human rights concerns or part of a broader attempt to influence Tunisia’s internal political process.