Tunisia's judges start week-long strike against president's dismissal of 57 colleagues
STORY: Tunisia's judges start week-long strike against president's dismissal of 57 colleagues
DATELINE: June 7, 2022
LENGTH: 00:00:56
LOCATION: Tunis
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Tunisian national flag
2. various of the Justice Ministry
3. various of a closed court
STORYLINE:
The Tunisian Magistrates' Association (AMT) started Monday a one-week strike in response to the president's latest decision to sack 57 judges without the possibility of appeal, the country's private radio station Mosaique FM reported.
During the strike, only burial permits and extremely urgent terrorism cases will continue to be processed, the report added.
The strike was announced during an extraordinary session organized by the AMT in the capital of Tunis, and a thousand judges attended the meeting.
On June 1, Tunisian President Kais Saied issued a presidential decree to dismiss 57 judges over corruption and covering up terrorist cases.
On Feb. 6, Saied decided to dissolve the country's Superior Council of the
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