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6 December 2025

Demonstrators raise their fists while holding up a placard featuring a portrait of the imprisoned writer and human rights activist, Chaima Issa, during a mass march that brings together thousands of supporters of opposition parties across the political spectrum, human rights and civil society activists, and ordinary Tunisians, in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 6, 2025, to protest under the banner ''Opposition Is Not A Crime.'' They decry what they call a growing crackdown on President Kais Saied's critics and opposition parties, as well as on civil liberties, individual rights, freedom of expression, and press freedom. Participants denounce what they describe as an increasingly authoritarian and dictatorial one-man rule by the Tunisian president. The crowd expresses solidarity with opposition figures imprisoned in connection with the case known as the ''conspiracy against state security,'' demanding their release. Under President Kais Saied's rule since 2021, Tunisia sees the dissolution of parliament, the dismissal of the government, the adoption of a new constitution, the dismissal of dozens of judges, the arrest of political opponents, critics, and journalists, while the activities of dozens of organizations are suspended.

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19 October 2025

Demonstrators raise their fists while shouting slogans during a march heading towards the headquarters of the Tunisian Chemical Group in Tunis, Tunisia, on October 18, 2025, to express solidarity with the residents of Gabes, southern Tunisia, in their ongoing anti-pollution protests. For several days, mass demonstrations take place in Gabes to protest and demand the immediate dismantling of the industrial units of the Tunisian Chemical Group's plants (GCT). The mobilization in Gabes follows a surge in respiratory problems, poisonings, and illnesses among students at a middle school near the phosphate processing plant, fueling anger among a population long exposed to pollution and chemical risks.

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19 October 2025

Demonstrators raise their arms while shouting slogans during a march heading towards the headquarters of the Tunisian Chemical Group in Tunis, Tunisia, on October 18, 2025, to express solidarity with the residents of Gabes, southern Tunisia, in their ongoing anti-pollution protests. For several days, mass demonstrations take place in Gabes to protest and demand the immediate dismantling of the industrial units of the Tunisian Chemical Group's plants (GCT). The mobilization in Gabes follows a surge in respiratory problems, poisonings, and illnesses among students at a middle school near the phosphate processing plant, fueling anger among a population long exposed to pollution and chemical risks.

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15 June 2025

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator raises his fist while shouting slogans as others hold up a Palestinian flag during a demonstration organized by the Coordination of Joint Action for Palestine, which brings together hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists and protesters in Tunis, Tunisia, on June 14, 2025, to protest the Eastern Libyan authorities' halt of the Maghreb Resilience Convoy at the Sirte gate in Libya. The organizers of the convoy say that several participants are assaulted and detained by security forces loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. The Resilience Convoy, also called the Soumoud Convoy or Sumud Convoy, is a Maghreb humanitarian land convoy traveling from Tunisia, through Libya, to the Rafah Border Crossing between Palestine and Egypt. Comprising around one thousand five hundred pro-Palestinian participants and activists, the convoy aims to reach Rafah in southern Gaza to lift the Israeli siege and deliver humanitarian aid amid the ongoing Israeli offensive in the Strip. The Convoy of Resilience is scheduled to join the 'Global March to Gaza' movement in Rafah, Egypt, on June 15. The organizers of the Global March to Gaza say that hundreds of participants arriving in Cairo have their passports taken at a checkpoint and are detained and deported to their home countries in Europe and North Africa.

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26 April 2025

Demonstrators make the victory sign and raise their fists while shouting slogans against Tunisian President Kais Saied during a demonstration organized by the family of lawyer and former judge Ahmed Souab, alongside hundreds of civil society activists, representatives of national and human rights organizations, and journalists in Tunis, Tunisia, on April 25, 2025, to protest the detention of Ahmed Souab and to express their support for him. Demonstrators chant iconic slogans from the Tunisian revolution, including ''Labor, Liberty, and Dignity for All,'' while also calling for the fall of President Kais Saied's regime. Ahmed Souab is recently arrested by the police after making critical remarks to the press about the harsh sentences handed down in the so-called ''conspiracy against state security'' case. A detention warrant is issued against him on terrorism charges. Ahmed Souab is part of the legal team representing prominent political figures in the case, who are sentenced in the first instance to prison terms ranging from 13 to 66 years.

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