Tunisia Suspends Rights Groups That Shaped Its Democracy

Click to expand Image Demonstrators display a banner in Arabic reading, ''Our history will not be halted, and our message does not freeze,'' during a rally after Tunisian authorities suspended the Tunisian League for Human Rights, outside the court of First Instance in Tunis, May 6, 2026. © 2026 Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto via AP Photo Tunisian authorities on April 24 suspended operations of the Tunisian League for Human Rights, a longstanding refuge for human rights defenders. Suspensions are a