Tunisia's powerful UGTT labour union rallied in the capital on Saturday, mobilising thousands of supporters against President Kais Saied in a demonstration of its strength after his recent crackdown on opponents.
The crackdown is the biggest since Saied's seizure of powers and his opponents say it is ever more clear that he has dismantled the democracy won in the 2011 revolution that triggered the Arab Spring and will end the freedoms it brought.
The UGTT was initially slow to criticise Saied's move while political parties were denouncing it as a coup, but as the president consolidated his grip while ignoring the union and other players, it began to openly challenge him. This week authorities barred foreign labour union leaders from entering Tunisia to take part in the rally as a show of solidarity with the UGTT, and Saied said he would not accept foreigners joining protests.
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