Tunisian police use water cannon against crowd protesting against the presidentTunisian police used water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters trying to reach central Tunis on Friday to demonstrate against the president in defiance of Covid-19 restrictions. Police then tried to disperse several different groups of protesters, at least one of which had hundreds of demonstrators, witnesses said. Opposition parties including the moderate Islamist Ennahda are protesting against President Kais Saied’s suspension of parliament, assumption of executive power and moves to rewrite the constitution, which they call a coup. Dozens of police cars stood in the area and two water cannon were placed outside the Interior Ministry building, which is located on the same street. Friday falls on what Tunisians had previously marked as the anniversary of the revolution, the day the autocratic former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country.

Source: Libya Today January 15, 2022 03:28 UTC