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.
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| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leftlist political parties organized a demonstration calling for reopening the investigation into the 2013 assassinations in downtown Tunis. | Political Party | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Support of a cause, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 1, 2021 |
| Textile factory workers in El Kef stage a sit-in in front of the governorate headquarters to demand to pressure the management of the factory to pay unpaid wages and to inform workers on what is to come after a five month work interruption . | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | El Kef | Tunisia | August 26, 2021 |
| Butchers stage a sit-in outside the governorate building to demand the reopening of the municipal slaughterhouse | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | kebili | Tunisia | August 24, 2021 |
| Demonstrators stage a sit-in outside the Sidi Bouzid governorate to demand to return the money and luxury cars that the customs office has seized to their owner | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | August 23, 2021 |
| Dozens of mothers whose children went missing after irregular migration trips across the sea to Italy since 2011 held a protest outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tunis to demand disclosing the fate of their sons. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Support of a cause, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | August 17, 2021 |
| The "Tunisian Civil Coalition Against Normalisation" organised a rally protest to demand the enaction of law which criminalizes normalisation with the Zionist enemy | Campaign | Regional / Political grievances | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | August 9, 2021 |
| Clashes took place between residents of the town of Nasrallah, in the governorate of Kairouane and the police upon the organisation of a demonstration | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Kairouane | Tunisia | August 5, 2021 |
| Residents of Amdoun delegation rom Beja governorate demonstrated in front of the delegation's headquarters | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Beja | Tunisia | August 4, 2021 |
| Protesters stage a “Leave and Accountability sit-in” in front of the Sfax municipality headquarters, to collect signatures to withdraw confidence from the mayor of Sfax and its members. | Collective / Informal group | Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Sit-in | Protest of a public statement / Public representation | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | August 3, 2021 |
| Following President Kais Saied delacaration of freezing the patliament, lifting all MP's immunity and assuming the presidency of the executive, hundreds of Tunisians demonstrated in support of his decisions | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Support to political leader / Public figure | N/A | Manouba, Siliana, Bizerte, TunisTozeur, Sousse, Monastir, El Kef, Sfax, Siliana, Kairouan, Nabeul, Sidi Bouzid, Gafsa | Tunisia | July 27, 2021 |