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"Some were arrested without even having taken part in the demonstrations," said Bassem Trifi of the Tunisian League of Human Rights.
Comment: The ideals of the Arab Spring remain out of reach for many. But the quest for freedom, though long and uneven, is inevitable and unstoppable, writes Mohamed ElBaradei.
While the European Union is putting in place regulations to stifle this approach, London relies on legal loopholes to carry on with business as usual.
Tunisians took to the streets to demand the release of hundreds of young demonstrators arrested during protests.
Libyan envoys at UN-backed talks agreed to hold a constitutional referendum before planned elections, Egypt's foreign ministry said.
Ibrahim Al-Bartaji appeared to break the silence of Tunisia’s divided political leadership on the protests in a formal statement to parliament.
Tunisia is bracing for protests after hundreds were arrested in four nights of street clashes between riot police and disaffected youths
Riots continued into the early hours of Tuesday, with hundreds of protesters clashing with security forces in cities across Tunisia.
Online footage shows police beating and dragging individuals who were arrested, while eyewitnesses have shared testimony indicating the ill treatment of people in custody, Amnesty says.
Over 600 people have been arrested and troops have been deployed after a third consecutive night of riots in various Tunisian cities.
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