Five years after President Kais Saied seized extraordinary executive powers on July 25, 2021, Tunisia’s human rights situation has deteriorated dramatically, said Human Rights Watch in its latest update report issued Tuesday “What began as a slide back into authoritarianism has hardened into systematic repression of civil society organizations, journalists, political opponents, independent lawyers, and […]
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Tunisia: EuroMed NGO decries deteriorating human rights situation
EuroMed Rights NGO has voiced deep concern over the escalating oppression in Kaïs Saïed’s Tunisia which has intensified its campaign of arrests, intimidation, denigration and targeted attacks against political opponents, journalists, trade unionists and civil society representatives. The vocal critics of the Tunisian regime are unfairly accused of conspiracy to undermine state security, corruption, or […]

