# Tunisia’s civil society faces growing pressure as crackdown widens

https://mins.news/en/item/41380

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-02 04:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/2/tunisias-civil-society-faces-growing-pressure-as-crackdown-widens?traffic_source=rss

> Human Rights Watch says Tunisia’s authorities have intensified a crackdown on civil society through arrests, prosecutions, financial investigations and the suspension of associations. It says at least 47 people linked to NGOs have been prosecuted and at least 20 civil society groups suspended, sharply narrowing civic space.

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