Assassination of Khashoggi: Tunisians protest against the visit of a Saudi prince

Hundreds of TunisiaNs protested on Tuesday against the visit of the Saudi Crown Prince, accusing the Saudi royal king of murder on the second consecutive day of protests condemning the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, heir to the throne of the world's largest oil exporter, left Cairo on Tuesday and had to travel to Tunis in the late afternoon for a tour of the Arab states, which also leads to Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.

The murder of Khashoggi, a Washington Post editorialist and critic of the Crown Prince, at the Riyadh consulate in Istanbul six weeks ago has strained Saudi Arabia's ties with the West and tarnished Picture of Prince Mohammed abroad.

Saudi Arabia said the prince had no prior knowledge of the killing. After offering many contradictory explanations, Riyadh said last month that Khashoggi was killed and his body dismembered when negotiations to persuade him to return to Saudi Arabia failed.

Hundreds of protesters marched in Central Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis, the scene of mbad protests that toppled Ben Ali in 2011.

They chanted "the murderer is not welcome in Tunisia"and" Shame on Tunisia& # 39; rules & # 39; to receive bin Salman.

The journalists placed a huge banner in front of their union showing the prince with a saw, which, according to Turkish sources, would have been used to dismember Khashoggi in Istanbul. Dozen of TunisiaHuman rights activists and journalists organized a smaller protest on Monday.

Last week, Nourredine Ben Ticha, advisor to TunisiaThe president of the government, Beji Caid Essebsi, said that the truth about the badbadination of the Saudi journalist should be established, but that the incident should not be used to harm the stability of the kingdom.

Tunisia and Saudi Arabia have very different political systems. The kingdom is an absolute monarchy while the North African country has undergone a democratic transition since 2011.

Tunisia It has since held free elections and in 2014 adopted a constitution guaranteeing fundamental rights such as freedom of speech.

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