Tunisia

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Tunisia
Environment and Climate
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Fishing traditions under threat in Tunisia’s Kerkennah Islands

For generations, Kerkennah’s fishermen lived by the sea. Today, empty nets, illegal trawlers, and strict inspections have turned that life into a daily struggle

Nadia Addezio
26 May, 2026
A Tunis court issued the verdict against Sonia Dahmani on Friday, over comments she made about the country's prisons.
Tunisia
MENA
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Prominent Tunisian lawyer gets new jail term

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 May, 2026
Lawyer and former dean of Tunisian lawyers Chawki Tabib looks on at Tunis' bar association offices
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia jails former head of anti-graft body for 10 years

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 May, 2026
Hundreds protest in Tunis against President Kais Saied over economic hardship, political arrests and growing fears for freedoms.
Tunisia
MENA
Live Story

Tunisians protest against Saied over arrests and economic strain

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 May, 2026
Family members hold up a placard bearing a portrait of detained Tunisian journalist Zied El-Heni during a rally outside the headquarters of the National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) in Tunis, Tunisia, on May 2, 2026.
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia upholds sentence against jailed journalists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 May, 2026
TUNISIA-POLITICS-MEDIA
Tunisia
MENA
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Prominent Tunisian journalist sentenced to year in jail

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 May, 2026
Tunisia [Getty]
Tunisia
MENA
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UN urges Tunisia to end repression of civil society, media

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 May, 2026
A woman protester wears a mask depicting Tunisian President Kais Saied during a popular march
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia temporarily bans prominent rights group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 May, 2026
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Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia's Saied sacks energy minister amid uproar over draft bills

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 April, 2026
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Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia court rejects provisional release of two journalists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 April, 2026
Prominent Tunisian journalist Zied El-Heni gives a speech during a solidarity day
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia arrests journalist who criticised judges

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 April, 2026
Young demonstrators raise a placard reading in Arabic ''Freedoms, the police state is over'' during the annual ''Rights and Freedoms'' march organized by the Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights (French: LTDH) to mark the 77th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, also known as Human Rights Day, in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 13, 2025.
Tunisia
MENA
Live Story

Tunisia's main rights group says operations suspended

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 April, 2026
A view of the destruction after an Israeli airstrike that targeted six adjacent buildings just three minutes before the ceasefire took effect speaks in Tyre, Lebanon
Gaza War
MENA
Live Story

US and Israel driving 'predatory' world order, Amnesty warns

Agnese Boffano
21 April, 2026
The remains of the boats used by migrants to cross the Mediterranean
Tunisia
MENA
Live Story

Tunisian lawmaker's remarks on rape and migrants spark outrage

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 April, 2026
Members of the Tunisian security forces stand guard in front of the historic Ghriba synagogue
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia to broaden access to annual Jewish pilgrimage

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 April, 2026
35 people including 4 children irregular migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea on October 25, 2022. (Photo by Vincenzo Circosta/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Anti-immigration
Perspectives

The EU’s shift to ICE-style deportations threatens human rights

Al Mehdi Mabrouk

Al Mehdi Mabrouk

05 April, 2026
Wives of dissidents shout anti-government slogans as they hold roses and baskets
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisian journalist sentenced to two year

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 March, 2026
Saadia Mosbah [Getty]
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisian anti-racism activist sentenced to eight years in prison

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 March, 2026
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Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia arrests pro-Palestinian flotilla organisers: activists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 March, 2026
Supporters and activists of the Global Sumud Flotilla gather at the Tunisian port of Sidi Bou Said
Gaza War
MENA
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Tunisian authorities detain pro-Palestine flotilla ctivists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 March, 2026
Protesters carry placards and chant slogans as they march in the southern city of Gabes
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia court blocks closure of factory blamed for pollution

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 February, 2026