Centre for Human Rights - People in Need

Civil society in Tunisia endures yet another blow from the increasingly repressive state. This time, the 'suspension strategy' targeted Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF), an important civil society organisation that faces the same ordeal as many others. We share the statement from ASF below, and we stand firm in support of civil society in Tunisia.

ASF in Tunisia suspended for 30 days The suspension of the activities of Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) in Tunisia for 30 days constitutes an extremely worrying signal regarding the state of freedom of association and civic space in the country.

Recently, Nadiia Ivanova, Director of our Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, spoke with POLITICO on the dangers of the proposal to introduce Russian-style ‘foreign agent’ laws in the Czech Republic.

💬“When laws of this kind are drafted so broadly … the extreme vagueness of those legislative terms always means they want to create a tool that they can, but don’t have to, use against whoever they want,”

As we have seen, where such legislation has been enacted, the consequences for civil society (and wider society as a whole) have been dire.
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