Editorial photo #13713439 Social Issue

Mass Protest Against Crackdown On Freedoms And Economic Hardship In Tunis

Demonstrators raise a placard in Arabic reading, ''The poor and the workers are hungry,'' as they march through a popular market in Tunis, Tunisia, on May 16, 2026. The protest, organized under the slogan ''The people are hungry, the prisons are full,'' includes human rights activists and civil society groups. Participants express opposition to President Kais Saied's rule and his social and economic policies, and call for the release of political prisoners and critics of the president. (Photo by Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #13713439
Date taken: 16 May 2026
Location: —
Photographer: Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto
Category: Social Issue

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Medium Group of People Action Shot March May 2026 Tunis Tunisia anger anti-government authoritarian rule autocracy civil society crisis demonstration dissidents resistance movement economic hardship freedoms human rights opposition placard political opposition poor popular market repression shouts slogans social hardship streets protest unrest demonstrators Arabic protest market May 16 2026 human rights activists civil society groups crackdown President Kais Saied political prisoners critics Chedly Ben Ibrahim