{"id":233399,"date":"2026-05-16T03:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T01:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/north-africa\/tunisia\/tunisia-suspends-rights-groups-that-shaped-its-democracy\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T03:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T01:58:18","slug":"tunisia-suspends-rights-groups-that-shaped-its-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/north-africa\/tunisia\/tunisia-suspends-rights-groups-that-shaped-its-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisia Suspends Rights Groups That Shaped Its Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"7\"><em>String of Suspensions Targets Civil Society Organizations<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"21\">Tunisian authorities on April 24 <a href=\"https:\/\/ltdh.tn\/communique-26-4-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspended<\/a> operations of the Tunisian League for Human Rights, a longstanding refuge for human rights defenders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"17\">Suspensions are a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/fr\/instruments-mechanisms\/instruments\/international-covenant-civil-and-political-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drastic measure<\/a> that should only be taken as a last resort with clear justification.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n  <span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><br \/>\nKeep up with the latest headlines on <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaIdDi8Bqbr263erhw1K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/allafrica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><br \/>\n  <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"77\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ltdh.tn\/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Founded in 1976<\/a> under a one-party state, the league has been repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2006\/02\/02\/lawsuits-filed-ruling-party-supporters-threaten-tunisian-human-rights-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">targeted<\/a> since its inception. Many of its leaders were <a...<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202605120089.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 North Africa <a title=\"Tunisia\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/north-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>String of Suspensions Targets Civil Society Organizations Tunisian authorities on April 24 suspended operations of the Tunisian League for Human Rights, a longstanding refuge for human rights defenders. Suspensions are a drastic measure that should only be taken as a last resort with clear justification. Keep up with the latest headlines on WhatsApp | LinkedIn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":233400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[258,256,4854,9835,257,5100,12668,254,10452,4703,653],"class_list":["post-233399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tunisia","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-democracy","tag-groups","tag-news","tag-rights","tag-shaped","tag-south-africa-today","tag-suspends","tag-tunisia","tag-tunisia-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}