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Tunisia’s descent into dictatorship: HRW condemns arbitrary detentions and repressive justice in Tunisia
Human Rights Watch has released a damning report on the authoritarian drift of Kaïs Saïed’s regime, denouncing arbitrary detentions and a repressive justice system.
| 16 April 2025
Pesticides in Tunisia: a Poisoned Gift
In Tunisian farmland, pesticides are everywhere. Most farmers are now dependent on these chemicals to cultivate fruit and vegetables and maximize their yields. But with little monitoring and regulation, these pesticides may pose many risks to the consumer.
| 22 January 2020
Abortion in Tunisia: a groundbreaking law, yet without any guarantees
Tunisia was both the first Arab and the first Muslim country to legalise abortion in 1973, but fifty years later this legal right is still not guaranteed. Between medicine shortages, treatment refusal by health care workers, and regional inequalities - what is the reality of access to abortion in Tunisia?
'Harga': A TV-series intertwined with an IOM deterrance campaign
A mother in search of her missing son, migrants who are disappointed after a tumultuous crossing, and a European border policy that remains largely concealed - these were some of the themes featured in the Harga soap opera that aired during Ramadan 2021. Thanks to European funding and support by the IOM (International Organisation for Migration), the series was used by the latter as part of a larger scheme of deterring irregular migration.
| 11 May 2021
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