On Wednesday, a Tunisian court upheld a two-year sentence against Tunisian artist Rashad Tamboura for painting a mural criticising President Kais Saied’s stance on migration. The court’s decision sparked a nationwide controversy in the bedrock of the 2011 revolutions, where freedoms have been shrinking since Saied’s power grab three years ago. “This sentence confirms the persistence of President Kais Saied’s regime in pursuing policies of silencing voices and cuffing hands. (…) Tunisia is being pushed into the square of despotism that the Tunisian people fought to break away from,” the Inter…