Mapping of Collective Actions in Tunisia
Publication Date: 2019
The mapping of collective actions in Tunisia tracks mobilisations by groups of people whose goal is to achieve a common objective.
Each mapped collective action is based on a typology devised by the Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action.
The objective of this database is to explore collective actions by providing accurate data and relevant information on mobilisations happening in the country.
Explore the interactive charts below the table.
Data collection for this mapping is done by the CeSSRA team.
Information sources: Media reports, NGO reports, aid actors reports, as well as first-hand data collected by the CeSSRA team.
Period covered by data collection: December 23rd, 2019 - till present.
Displaying 731 - 740 of 824
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journalists stage a sit-in in front of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists building in solidarity with a detained reporter and to condemn how ruling authorities arrest journalists and submit them to investigation for publishing news | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | March 25, 2022 |
| A protest was held in Habib Bourguiba Avenue to denounce the recent arrests and police abuses taking place | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | January 23, 2021 |
| Civil society actors, human rights defenders, politicians and ordinary citizens rallied in front of the Municipal Theater in Tunis to call for the deposition of President Saied and the cancellation of the "coup" to "defend democracy and the Constitution" | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 26, 2021 |
| Journalists and other employees at Hannibal TV start an open sit-in at the High Independent Authority for Audiovisual Communication's headquarters to protest against the slowness of the Authority in addressing their case and settling their legal status | Workers group: Other | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | November 8, 2021 |
| Political parties and civil society members gather in Mohamed V Avenue in Tunis to commemorate the 9th anniversary of the assassination of activist and lawyer Chokri Belaid | Political Party, CSO | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Support of a cause, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | February 6, 2022 |
| Tunisia's Judges Association organises a sit-in outside the Court House in Tunis in defense of the judiciary's independence and against President Saied's decision to dissolve the Supreme Judicial Council. Activists and demonstrators joined the sit-in | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector, Collective / Informal group, CSO | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | February 10, 2022 |
| Post offices employees stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | March 23, 2022 |
| More than 200 refugees and asylum seekers stage a sit-in in front of the seat of the UNHCR Tunis office to demand their evacuation and resettlement in other countries | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 3, 2022 |
| Free Destourian Party members start a hunger strike outside the International Union of Muslim Scholars in Tunis to demand its closure | Political Party | Policy grievances | Hunger Strike | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 6, 2022 |
| The Free Constitutional Party stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Women and Family Affairs to protest against threats against women rights | Political Party | Access to socio-eco rights: Gender equality and inclusion | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | October 1, 2022 |