According to reports, two former judges who were fired by President Kais Saied last year have been detained in Tunisia.
Bechir Akremi and Tayeb Rached, who were among the numerous judges and members of the judiciary fired in 2022, were seized by the police, a lawyer familiar with the proceedings said the Reuters news agency.
The ex-judges were taken into custody on Sunday, the second day in a wave of high profile individuals being detained, raising fears about the country’s political liberties.
The police detained well-known lawmakers and a businessman with political connections on Saturday.
The arrests were reportedly based on suspicion of conspiracy against state security.
The president was accused of a power grab after shutting down parliament in 2021 before taking control of the judiciary and pushing through a new constitution that gave his office almost unlimited powers.