A lawyer in Tunisia was arrested in a raid on the bar association headquarters

Tunisian lawyers went on a one-day strike and rallied outside the judicial “Palace of Justice”.

Arrest of Mahdi Zagrouba comes two days after detention of another lawyer and two journalists.

Hooded police raided Tunisia’s bar association headquarters and arrested a lawyer as authorities escalated a broad government crackdown that’s ensnared political dissidents, non-governmental organizations and Black migrants.