Tunisian Lawyer Arrested During Live News Report, Lawyers Respond with Strike

Sonia Dahmani, a prominent Tunisian lawyer and government critic, was arrested by masked police officers on Saturday. According to reports, she was taken into custody after making sarcastic remarks about Tunisia, which led to her being charged with distributing false information and disrupting public order. The Tunisian Lawyers Council responded by calling for a nationwide general strike among lawyers in protest of Dahmani's arrest.