# Five years after Saied’s power grab, Tunisia’s old grievances resurface

https://mins.news/en/item/39496

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-01 00:15 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/1/five-years-after-saieds-power-grab-tunisias-old-grievances-resurface?traffic_source=rss

> Tunisians are again voicing the 2011 revolution’s demands for employment, freedom and national dignity as water and electricity cuts, rising prices, medicine shortages and economic hardship persist. Five years after Kais Saied suspended parliament and began ruling by decree, dissent has narrowed, with opponents, journalists, lawyers and activists jailed or prosecuted. Rights groups call the cases politically motivated, while authorities reject the accusations.

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