TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian court has ordered one of the country’s most prominent human rights organizations to halt its activities for one month, its spokesperson said.

The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights — known by its French acronym FTDES — is the latest organization to come under pressure in Tunisia, where a once-vibrant post–Arab Spring civil society has steadily eroded throughout President Kais Saied ’s tenure.

The order came just days after a similar suspension was handed down to the prominent feminist organization, the Tunisian Association for Democratic Women, or ATFD.

Romdhan Ben Amor, FTDES spokesperson, told The Associated Press on Monday that he considered the move an attempt to deflect attention from major national issues, particularly environmental prot

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