PoliticsTunisia's human rights defenders decry civil society crackdown

Five years into President Kais Saied’s authoritarian rule, Human Rights Watch and Tunisian activists warn that the country’s once-vibrant civil society is close to being silenced. Critics face prosecutions, detention, financial investigations and suspended activities, while protests continue over repression, deteriorating living conditions and basic-service failures.

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