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Tunisian human rights groups will hold a protest Monday against the visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman following the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, activists said.

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Tunisia is one of the few Arab states where demonstrations are allowed, following a 2011 uprising that overthrew the president and breathed new life into his media, then tarnished.

The Saudi Crown Prince is scheduled to arrive on Tuesday as part of a tour of several Arab countries on his first trip abroad since the murder of Khashoggi, which has severely strained Saudi Arabia's relations with the West. and damaged his image.

A total of 13 Tunisian civic and advocacy groups, including the journalists' union, will demonstrate in the afternoon on Habib Bourguiba's central avenue in Tunis, a place of mbad demonstrations against the Zine regime. el-Abidine Ben Al in 2011..

"The Tunisian revolution (…) can not accept to receive him (bin Salman) and to let himself be cleansed (with his visit) of a murder," Soukaina Abdessamad, a journalist's union, told reporters. "We will hold demonstrations on Monday and Tuesday."

Saudi Arabia said the crown prince had no prior knowledge of the murder of the Washington Post columnist at the Riyadh consulate in Istanbul last month.

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After many conflicting explanations, Riyadh stated that Khashoggi was killed and his body was dismembered when negotiations to persuade him to return to Saudi Arabia failed.

Since the 2011 uprising that ended the reign of Ben Ali and triggered the Arab spring protests that have convulsed the region, Tunisia has become one of the few Arab countries where demonstrations are allowed.

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