Tunisian Workers' Communist Party

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The Tunisian Workers' Communist Party (French: Parti communiste des ouvriers tunisiens, Arabic: Hizb al-'Ummal al-Shuyu'i) (PCOT) is an illegal Marxist-Leninist political party in Tunisia.

It was founded on January 3, 1986 and has a youth wing the Union of Communist Youth of Tunisia (UJCT).

Amnesty International reports that in 1998 five students were charged with belonging to PCOT and given 4 year prison sentences after student demonstrations.

PCOT is a part of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle).

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v • d • e Political parties in Tunisia

Ruling party	Constitutional Democratic Rally

Parliamentary opposition	Movement of Socialist Democrats - Party of People's Unity - Unionist Democratic Union - Movement Ettajdid - Social Liberal Party

Other opposition	Progressive Democratic Party

Illegal parties	Renaissance Party - Tunisian Workers' Communist Party

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