Climate justice in Tunisia

Mots clés trouvés

Opposition LTDH Police Racisme SNJT Administration Freedom of Speech Liberté de la Presse Prisonnier d'opinion

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Abdellatif Mekki Issam Chebbi Sami Tahri Kais Saied Ghazi Chaouachi Farouk Bouasker Abir Moussi Najla Bouden Ahmed Hachani

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Bizerte Gabes Beja Jendouba Sejnane

Rights La rédaction 20 December 2025

Criminalizing Dissent: Six Stories from Tunisia’s Political and Media Crackdown

Tunisia’s political and media landscape has changed drastically since 2021, with expanded use of criminal law against journalists, opposition figures, and commentators critical of authorities. This article presents the profiles of six individuals targeted within the scope of the government’s crackdown on dissidence: journalist Chadha Hadj Mbarek, media commentator Mourad Zeghidi, opposition politician Issam Chebbi, party leader Abir Moussi, young journalist and political activist Siwar Bargaoui, and lawyer–politician Ghazi Chaouachi.

Environment Malek Zaghdoudi 29 October 2025

Gabes rises up against cancerous Chemical Group

In this city, to breathe is to inhale a toxic cocktail of sulfuric acid, carbon dioxide, ammonia and heavy metals. Today, the possibility of breathing air that does not kill has become a collective dream for the residents of Gabes.

Civil Society Mahdi Jlassi 20 October 2025

UGTT-Government: On the brink of confrontation

After the success of the protest held on August 21, the UGTT had its first win. The union organization has regained its place in the public space, as its power struggle with the government reaches a critical stage.

Society Chaker Jahmi 10 July 2025

Ultras in Tunisia: stadiums as a space for resistance

The combat waged by Ultras groups in stadiums has infused social movements with a new dynamic. By challenging the government’s policies from up in the stands but also expanding their mobilization beyond, these groups have come to stand at the forefront of the struggle for civil liberties.

Rights Rihab Boukhayatia 29 May 2025

Tunisian Prisons: Lawless Zones

Hungry, mistreated and lacking medical care, prisoners in Tunisia find themselves facing a double sentence: incarceration and—more insidious—the violence that it entails. A shocking report warns against the conditions endured by inmates inside Tunisian prisons.

Media Mahdi Jlassi 16 April 2025

Tunisia: Independent media resist dictatorship and racism

The government has lost its patience for media outlets that dare to challenge its narratives on issues of major concern for Tunisians. And so it has set out against those which symbolize the struggle for freedom and truth.

Rights Mahdi Jlassi 22 March 2025

Tunisia: Authorities impose silence around political trial

Could the release of certain prisoners of conscience promise a new phase in which the regime decides to let up on its policy of repression? Nothing is less certain. Paranoia around the case involving those accused of “plotting to undermine national security”—a trial which opened with a remote hearing and which authorities have attempted to bury under an imposed media blackout—does not bode well.

Environment Malek Zaghdoudi 29 January 2025

In the forests and mountains, Tunisia’s forgotten women

Terrorized by wildfires and abandoned by the government, the women who inhabit Tunisia’s mountains and forests have not lost heart. Indeed, they are taking action—with joy and dedication—to rejuvenate the forests which are their entire world.

Politics Hatem Nafti 05 December 2024

Kais Saied cracks down, cementing second term in office

Kais Saied was reelected as Tunisia’s president in the first round of elections. His Soviet-like score of 90.69% must not obscure record voter abstention rates: more than 7 out of 10 Tunisians—and more than 94% of Tunisian youth—did not turn out to vote. While there is no evidence that massive fraud took place on election day, the entire electoral process was marked by repressive tactics aiming to cement Saied’s second term in office. Recap of the past election year and the crackdown which ensured the outgoing president’s victory at the polls.

Politics Rihab Boukhayatia 07 August 2024

The Tunisian women who inspire fear in President Kais Saied

They are grassroots activists, journalists and politicians. They face the wrath of a regime which sets out to silence dissenting voices. And, like their male counterparts, these Tunisian women pay the price for their activism.

Civil Society Rihab Boukhayatia 17 May 2024

President Saied’s migration alibi paves way for repression

Civil society activists and employees arrested, UN organizations vilified, media outlets—including Nawaat—targeted. Once again, the country’s migration crisis serves as pretext for the ongoing witch hunt led by President Kais Saied to suppress the voices of regime critics.

Politics Hatem Nafti 22 September 2023

Administrative purge: a new current in the regime’s authoritarian drift

What do the designation of a new prime minister and the public admonition of national television’s CEO have in common? Both highlight President Kais Saied’s new priority to « cleanse » the administration. Envisioned as a means to further consolidate the regime’s grip on power, the planned purge may in fact undermine the fragile web of alliances that is holding it together.