Tunisia’s judicial authorities on Wednesday revoked the sacking in early June by President Kais Saied of almost 50 judges, a court spokesman told AFP. A June 1 presidential decree in the North African country saw Saied fire 57 judges, after accusing many of corruption and other crimes. Fifty-three of those sacked — including some accused of “adultery” — had lodged appeals with the administrative court against Saied’s move. A total of 46 judges’ sackings have been revoked, administrative court spokesman Imed Ghabri said, adding that the appeals of seven others had been rejected. The vote came a year to the day after Saied sacked the government and suspended parliament in a dramatic blow to the only democracy to have emerged from the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 10, 2022 17:23 UTC