Tunisia’s protests and the slippery slope to censorship and repression 4 February 2021 | 4:32 am
This year did not start on a good note for Tunisia. On the tenth anniversary of Tunisia’s revolution, January 14, hundreds of young Tunisians in different parts of the country, particularly marginalized and impoverished areas, took to the streets in protest against poverty and social and economic inequality, as well as police brutality. The government responded to Tunisia’s protests with an iron fist, a move we strongly condemn.
Tunisian police used lethal force against protesters, many of whom are students and teenagers, leading to a tragic death. Around 1,500 protesters were arbitrarily detained for joining the protests or expressing their views online. Members of security forces are smearing and doxxing women activists online, phoning their families to shame them, and forcefully outing queer activists to their families and the public. In one horrifying account, a w