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Tunisia's presidential election widely regarded as rigged

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  • Tunisia's presidential election on Sunday is widely regarded as rigged
  • President Kais Saied is expected to win a second term
  • Rights groups have criticized the plummeting standards in civil liberties, freedom of speech, and arbitrary arrests
  • Tunisia's democracy has been messy with nine unstable governments in the past 10 years
  • The country's judiciary and media have been largely silenced under Saied's rule
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  • The assassination of two high profile politicians in 2013 did not derail the transition from autocracy to democracy, with Tunisians defending the gains made since 2011.
  • Four major civil society organizations intervened to ensure parliamentary democracy withstood the shock and the transition remained on course.
  • The efforts of these groups were recognized internationally, with each awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015.
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  • President Kais Saied is expected to win a second term in the rigged election, with only three candidates running, including one in prison and another being a noted supporter of the president.
  • The Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) rejected 14 other candidates earlier this year, and at least three of those rejections were overturned by the Administrative Court in September, casting further doubt on the credibility of the ISIE.
  • Authorities have jailed opposition figures, including the leader of the main opposition party, Rachid Ghannouchi, on charges of receiving foreign funding, and more than 170 people are now detained on "political grounds or for exercising their fundamental rights."
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