Published On 22/11/2025
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Thousands of Tunisians took part in a massive protest march in Tunis, the capital, raising the slogan “Against Injustice” and demanding the return of democracy and civil liberties, within the framework of widespread protest movements and professional strikes taking place in the country.
The demonstrators, including young activists, members of civil society organizations, parties from various currents, and independent politicians, gathered in “Human Rights Square” and set off along Mohammed V Street in the center of the capital.
The protesters wore black clothes and raised banners saying, “Enough of tyranny” and “The people want to overthrow the regime,” denouncing the country’s transformation into a “large open prison.”
The demonstrators accused Tunisian President Kais Saied of establishing individual rule by using the judiciary and the police against his opponents.
# witness #video The start of the “Against Injustice” march, starting from the Human Rights Square in the Tunisian capital, and the participants raised the slogan, “A president who is only good at injustice and intimidation. Where do you stand with the people and what they want?”
📷Video source: Lawyer Ahmed Sawab Support Committee#Tunisia #Tunisia pic.twitter.com/HfmnKuJlws— Ultra Tunisia Ultra Tunisia (@ultra_tunisia) November 22, 2025
The protesters moved in front of the headquarters of the chemical complex in the capital, raising the slogan, “The people want to dismantle the units,” in support of the demands of the residents of Gabes, who have been organizing protests for weeks to demand the dismantling of the chemical complex in the city due to the pollution crisis.
A spokesman for the march’s organizing committee said in statements to reporters, “Our goal is to unify ranks. The climate, as you know, today is difficult. Our goal is to stop injustice and prevent the country from sliding toward the abyss.”
In the same context, Ezzedine Al-Hazqi, the father of the detained politician, Johar Ben Mubarak, said in a statement to Reuters, “Saeed turned Tunisia into a big prison. We are all on temporary release. We will not give up, we will not be silent, and we will not hand Tunisia over to him.”
For his part, the leader of the opposition National Salvation Front, Riyad Al-Shuaibi, told the German News Agency that this march comes “to express this objective national meeting around the goal of resuming the democratic and developmental path that stopped more than 5 years ago.”
This march is the latest protest to shake the country recently, as many events were organized in which journalists, young doctors, and workers in the banking and transportation sectors participated, in addition to the movement that Gabès has been witnessing for weeks due to the severe environmental crisis.
These moves come in light of the trials of journalists, judicial decisions to freeze the activities of civil associations and press institutions in a tax audit campaign, and a significant decline in the activities of political parties.