Despite increasing repression since President Kais Saied's power grab on July 25, 2021, civil society in Tunisia remains freer today than under Ben Ali, who was ousted in January 2011 after more than 20 years in power. But on January 10, an alarming political case against a veteran activist brought the human rights flash mob back to that same sidewalk across from the court.
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President Kais Said marked National Women’s Day in Tunisia on August 13 by sending his wife to make a celebratory speech in which she sang her husband’s praises. That didn’t sit well with many Tunisians who reminded her that ‘first lady’ is not a recognized function in the country.