Tunisia’s judiciary under pressure, threatening citizens’ rights and freedoms
As arbitrary decisions and government interference undermine judicial independence, citizens’ rights to a fair trial and freedom from discrimination are increasingly at risk.
Authoritarian repression and escalation of the political crisis after the 2024 Tunisian presidential elections
Authorities are openly consolidating power, restricting media freedom, and stifling civil society, including by targeting journalists and bloggers.
Abusive conspiracy trial opens in Tunis
Tunisian authorities are prosecuting 40 political opponents and activists on unfounded conspiracy charges, with key defendants denied fair trial rights and held in abusive pretrial detention.
Tunisia uses new cybercrime law to jail record number of journalists
Local journalists believe Decree 54 is being used to suppress investigative journalism, pushing many to self-censorship.
Tunisia: Release former Truth Commission president
Authorities target prominent human rights defender Sihem Bensedrine, amid rising repression ahead of the presidential election.
Tunisia bans “Jeune Afrique” magazine for criticising president ahead of upcoming elections
The banning of “Jeune Afrique” is another step in Kais Saied’s clampdown on independent media, further undoing the democratic gains of the 2011 revolution.
Tunisia: Authorities escalate clampdown on media, freedom of expression
“By attacking journalists and other media figures, Saied’s government is moving to put the last nail in the coffin of Tunisia’s civic space.”
Another escalation in Tunisia’s persecution of journalists
“The detention of the two reporters and attack on the France 24 crew are signs of a very disturbing escalation in the crackdown in Tunisia.”
Tunisia: Cybercrime decree used against critics
First two prison sentences under decree used to stifle free speech
Tunisia: Grave step backwards for freedom of expression and access to information
Critical measures taken in the past two years continue to threaten a fragile civic space.
Tunisia: Unprecedented sentence of journalist sends “terrifying” message to media
Five-year sentence of Khalifa Guesmi described as “one of the heaviest sentences in the Tunisian media’s history.”
Tunisia: Government must drop policy of undermining press freedom
Rights groups condemn Tunisia’s use of repressive laws to suppress criticism of public policies.
Tunisia is stuck in a permanent state of emergency
Tunisia’s continued state of emergency is threatening its fledgling democracy.
Tunisia: Police file complaint against journalist Mohamed Mehdi Jlassi over protests
“Prosecuting journalists on charges unrelated to journalism is clear intimidation,” – CPJ