protesters express their anger after the arrest of Sonia Dahmani

The Tunisian police had never dared to storm the bar association. Since Saturday May 11, this is now done. Hooded, agents arrested Sonia Dahmani, to the cries of her colleagues. A week earlier, she had been ironic after a remark on the migration situation. She was immediately prosecuted for endangering public safety and inciting hatred.

Fallen hopes

This is the consequence of a decree promulgated by President Kaïs Saïed in 2022. It is considered liberticidal by the opposition. Authoritarianism is denounced by hundreds of demonstrators. On the morning of Sunday May 12, there were hundreds of people protesting in Tunis (Tunisia). In recent years, executive policy has become particularly hardened. In a year and a half, more than sixty people have been arrested. Increasingly, the hopes born of the Arab Spring are dissipating.