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Tunisian civil society groups fear the government is planning to starve them of foreign funding under the pretext of fighting money laundering and terrorism. President Kais Saied, who launched a sweeping power grab in 2021 and rules by decree, has accused many non-government organisations of serving “foreign agendas”. Under a draft law he supported, state authorities would have to approve all foreign funding for NGOs that operate in the North African country. Human rights groups worry it is another repressive measure in the country that became known as the birthplace of the Arab Spring protest…

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