Category: Security and freedom

  • Tunisia: From the state of exception to a populist and authoritarian turn

    Tunisia: From the state of exception to a populist and authoritarian turn

    Tunisia was considered the democratic exception in the region after the Arab revolutions of 2011 until the activation of article 80 by President Saied on 25 July 2021. That day, the country entered a state of exception (suspension of parliament, dismissal of the head of government and the President’s takeover of the executive and legislative…