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A Tunisian judge barred a potential presidential candidate from appearing in the media or travelling around the country on Friday, the latest politician to face what their parties have called obstructions to challenging President Kais Saied. Abd Ellatif Mekki’s party called the measures an attempt to exclude a serious candidate from the campaign for elections on October 6. Opposition parties have accused Saied’s government of exerting pressure on the judiciary to track down the president’s rivals and pave the way for him to win a second term. They say imprisoned politicians must be released an…

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