Tunisia adds another NGO to the list of suspended groups

Tunisia’s crackdown on rights groups and NGOs is continuing with the suspension of the activities of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), adding the organisation to the recent list of groups targeted by the authorities, according to Maghrebi Week on November 10.

The OMCT announced that it was the latest to be targeted by Tunisia’s government, and for a month, it will be unable to provide “assistance to victims of torture and their families”  in a context of political repression and systemic violence against migrants in Tunisia.

Tunisia’s authorities used the pretext of a financial audit to implement such a measure in order to identify signs of “conspiracy against the state” and interference with internal affairs.

Maghrebi Week