# Tunisia's human rights defenders decry civil society crackdown

https://mins.news/en/item/41368

- DW, 2026-09-02 04:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/tunisia-s-human-rights-defenders-decry-civil-society-crackdown/a-78614966?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> 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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