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 281 - 290 of 824
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thyna residents block the Gabes - Sfax road to protest the prolonged cut-off of drinking water | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Thyna | Tunisia | June 20, 2022 |
| Taxi drivers block the Sousse -Nabeul road over a decision of the municipality of Hammamet to make new taxi stations where taxis coming from Bouficha are banned and which can only be used to drop-off taxi riders | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Road blockade | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Hammamet | Tunisia | June 20, 2022 |
| Civil society activists stage a sit-in and march in Mahres to protest the decision to establish a waste dump in the region | CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | March, Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Mahres | Tunisia | June 20, 2022 |
| Opponents of President Saied demonstrate in Tunis on call of the National Salvation Front to reject the July 25 referendum they deem illegal and unconstitutional, and to denounce the military trial of civilians and the interference in the judiciary | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Policy grievances, Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Demonstration | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 19, 2022 |
| 57 judges who were dismissed start a hunger-strike to protest their arbitrary dismissal | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Hunger Strike | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 19, 2022 |
| The National Campaign to Abolish the Referendum launched by opposition parties organises a sit-in and a march from Nabeul's medina to the Independent Higher Authority for the Elections' headquarters to demand to cancel the referendum | Campaign | Policy grievances | March, Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Nabeul | Tunisia | June 19, 2022 |
| Rejiche residents stage a sit-in in solidary with the former Brigadier General Muhammad Ali Al-Aroui to demand his release | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Rejiche | Tunisia | June 19, 2022 |
| Farmers roadblock in Oued Mliz to protest irrigation water cuts | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Oued Mliz | Tunisia | June 19, 2022 |
| Supporters of Free Destourian Party march in Tunis to express their rejection of the July 25 referendum and to call for the resignation of the government | Political Party | Policy grievances | March | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 18, 2022 |
| El Karin residents block the Hajeb Laayoun-Haffouz road over disagreement on the allocation of agricultural fields by the regional delegate | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Road blockade | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | El Karin | Tunisia | June 17, 2022 |