Rights groups condemn Tunisia president's judicial purge

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The president disbanded parliament in March, adding to concerns that he has put the only country to emerge from the 2011 Arab Spring with a sustained period of democracy back on a path to autocracy

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TUNIS - A coalition of 10 rights groups on Friday condemned a decree by Tunisian President Kais Saied firing scores of judges, describing it as a "deep blow to judicial independence".

"Saied has removed whatever autonomy the judiciary in Tunisia still was able to exercise," said Salsabil Chellali, Tunisia director at Human Rights Watch, one of the signatories. The text of that constitution is yet to be presented, after a national consultation exercise that largely failed to spark participation by citizens.

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