Rights groups say there is an effort to restrict the number of candidates ahead of October's vote.
Police in Tunisia have arrested one of the two approved challengers to incumbent President Kais Saied in next month's election, the opposition candidate's staff have said.
His arrest comes as President Saied faces accusations of trying to restrict the number of those allowed to run against him. Last week, the country's highest court said three candidates who had been barred from running by the electoral commission should be reinstated.
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