World Report 2008: Tunisia

Authorities target prominent human rights defender Sihem Bensedrine, amid rising repression ahead of the presidential election.

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.

“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.”