Demonstration In Support Of Detainees In "Conspiracy Against State Security" Case First Remote Hearing In Tunis

Demonstrators hold placards bearing the portraits of political detainees and a banner that reads in Arabic, 'no to remote trials, no to a judiciary that does not guarantee rights', during a protest organized by the National Salvation Front (NSF), a political coalition of various parties including the Islamist party Ennahda, and the Tunisian Network for Freedoms and Rights. Dozens of protesters from the main political parties opposed to Tunisian President Kais Saied's policies gather in front of the court of First Instance in Tunis, Tunisia, on March 4, 2025, in support of the political detainees in the so-called ''conspiracy against state security'' case in the first remote court hearing. Demonstrators and detainees' families demand a public trial and reject the remote trial. They also call for the release of the detainees and accuse Tunisia's President of using the judiciary to prosecute those who reject his policies and the exceptional measures he imposes on July 25, 2021. Since February 2023, Tunisia sees a wave of arrests, including media figures, activists, judges, business people, and politicians, including Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi, who has been imprisoned since April 2023. (Photo by Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto via Getty Images)