Women in Prison, Former Inmates Recount
The COVID-19 crisis
At the Heart of Human Trafficking Networks in Libya
In Italy, the obscure deportation process of Tunisian migrants
The COVID-19 Epidemic in Tunisia, in Numbers
In Tunisia, the COVID-19 epidemic has shed light on the limits of public hospitals and the health sector in general. More than 3 months after the announcement of the first detected case, and with the borders soon to reopen, the health crisis seems, for the moment, to be under control. A look back at the figures of a crisis that has put both the authorities and the population to the test.
"There is no way for us to compete with these giants": Small-scale farming, an industry at the brink of extinction
"I just couldn't go on in the same way. I had 12,000 dinars in debt, so I ended up abandoning it all." Merely in his early thirties, Hosni Ghanay is a former farmer from Douar Gharghiz, near Jendouba. In the region and elsewhere, many farmers express that they feel powerless in the face of an agricultural structure that suffocates them.
How Tunisian Athlete Habiba Ghribi Fell Victim to the Laxity of International Banks
Without regulation of global banks, dirty money is both breaking dreams and taking lives
The Impossible Return of the Tunisians who Died in France
With international borders closed, the families of 134 Tunisians have lost the chance to repatriate their loved ones who died in France due to COVID-19-related complications. Obligated to bury them on the spot, many were unable to honor their family members’ final wishes.
El Kamour, Protests Continue Amid the Crackdown
On the night of June 20-21, just before midnight, police officers dismantled the camps of the El Kamour demonstrators in the Tataouine region, leading to scenes of violence between the police and the protesters. For three years, El Kamour has been in a deadlock.
“A Foreigner in My Own Country:” The Unguaranteed Right to Tunisian Citizenship
COVID-19 in Tunisia: Concentration and Abuse of Power under the Cover of an Epidemic
By implementing measures such as confinement, travel bans, and curfews, the Tunisian authorities introduced a state of emergency with the claim that they were protecting the population. But with more than 5,000 arrests made during the epidemic, the tightening of security has created growing concern.
Hamrouni and Aziz: Two Sides of Sex Work in Tunisia
Hamrouni* and Aziz* practice the same profession without having the same rights. She works legally, while he works in secret. From their interactions with the police to the passing gazes of local residents, their daily lives are not at all alike.