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 181 - 190 of 824
Title Actors / Mobilising structures Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA Mode of action Objective State response Locationsort ascending Country Date
Demonstrators march from Mohammed V street and gather in front of the Municipal Theater in Tunis to denounce the suspension of the activities of the Parliament and the other exceptional measures decreed by the President on July 25, Collective / Informal group Policy grievances March, Demonstration Protest of a policy / Governmental measure Repression Tunis Tunisia October 10, 2021
Protesters demonstrate outside Tunis 1 court of first instance in support of journalist Arroi Baraket who was assaulted by police last month but then charged with violence against the police Collective / Informal group Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly Demonstration Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Tunis Tunisia October 22, 2021
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
Nesma channel journalists demonstrate in front of the headquarters of the Independent High Authority for Audiovisual Communication for the second time to protest their current situation as they were referred to compulsory unemployment Workers group: Other Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Tunis Tunisia February 21, 2022
Radio Zitouna FM journalists start a strike to demand the settlement of the situation of the radio so that they can receive their wages and social benefits Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Tunis Tunisia May 26, 2022
Lawyers demonstrated against Decree No. 79 of 2022 on the Finance Law for 2023, and the president of the Bar Association denounced a setback in the rule of law, democracy, rights, freedoms, and the judiciary in the country. Workers group: Union / Syndicate Policy grievances Demonstration Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Tunis Tunisia January 5, 2023
Employees of the Technical Agency for Land Transport stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Transportation to demand the appointment of a director-general for the Agency and the implementation of previously agreed-upon agreements Workers group: Other Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Tunis Tunisia April 12, 2021
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
A mass rally was held in Tunis to support Palestine Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Political Party Regional / Political grievances Demonstration Support of a cause N/A Tunis Tunisia May 15, 2021

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Actors / Mobilising Structures Chart

Cause / Grievances / Framing CA Chart

Mode of Action Chart