File 07: Rights & Freedoms · Longitudinal Record (2019–2026)
Read the law. Identify the act. Preserve the distinction.
A documentary chronology of institutional change, judicial decisions and speech law, with legal status kept separate from allegations.
Legal and institutional chronologyLatest supported material · Autumn 2026Latest comparable period · Not available
What This File Documents
A documentary chronology of institutional change, judicial decisions and speech law, with legal status kept separate from allegations.
EXPLICITLY IN SCOPE
Legal and institutional chronology. Documentary history, implementation and evidence limitations.
DELIBERATELY OUTSIDE SCOPE
Allegation is not conviction; investigation is not guilt; arrest is not proof. A prosecutorial or NGO statement is not a judicial finding.
Current Overview
Latest supported material is Autumn 2026. This is descriptive; it is not a comparison period or an evidence-through date. Latest comparable period: Not available.
Latest comparable observations
No comparable observation is established in the selected record.
Latest verified developments
FACTLegal instrumentAutumn 2026
Decree-Law No. 2026-1 Amending Article 24 of Decree-Law 2022-54
Promulgation of Decree-Law No. 2026-1 of September 30, 2026 (JORT No. 96), amending Article 24 of Decree-Law 2022-54 on Combating Cybercrime and Information Offences to modify the statutory penalty framework and prosecutorial triggers.
Recorded status: ENACTED. Published in JORT No. 96 on September 30, 2026. Directly extends the statutory legal chronology of Decree-Law 54 without modifying historical baseline records. Primary institutional source anchored at http://www.iort.gov.tn (document-level URL unavailable / institutional provenance anchor).
No comparable observation is established in this selected dossier.
Summer 2026 snapshot
DATA GAP · No documented observation is available for Summer 2026 in this selected record.
What the evidence shows
Latest comparable observations and verified developments
FACTAutumn 20262026-09-30 · ISS-RIGHTS-10
Decree-Law No. 2026-1 Amending Article 24 of Decree-Law 2022-54
Promulgation of Decree-Law No. 2026-1 of September 30, 2026 (JORT No. 96), amending Article 24 of Decree-Law 2022-54 on Combating Cybercrime and Information Offences to modify the statutory penalty framework and prosecutorial triggers.
Recorded status: ENACTED. Published in JORT No. 96 on September 30, 2026. Directly extends the statutory legal chronology of Decree-Law 54 without modifying historical baseline records. Primary institutional source anchored at http://www.iort.gov.tn (document-level URL unavailable / institutional provenance anchor).
2019 marks the beginning of Kais Saied’s presidency, not the beginning of these systems or their problems. Preserve the reference period when comparing outcomes.
FACT October 2019 Legislative Elections Resulting in Fragmented Assembly: Parliamentary elections produced a deeply fragmented Assembly of the Representatives of the People (ARP), with Ennahdha securing 52 seats, Qalb Tounes 38, Attayar 22, and Karama 21 on a 41.7% turnout. Reference
Context from another year is not relabelled as a 2019 measurement.
What changed, 2019–2026
Complete chronology of documented events
Evidence inventory review date: 13 September 2026; this is not an evidence-through date.
FACT2019 Baseline2019-10-06 · ISS-RIGHTS-01
October 2019 Legislative Elections Resulting in Fragmented Assembly
Parliamentary elections produced a deeply fragmented Assembly of the Representatives of the People (ARP), with Ennahdha securing 52 seats, Qalb Tounes 38, Attayar 22, and Karama 21 on a 41.7% turnout.
July 25, 2021 Invocation of Article 80 Emergency Measures
President Kais Saied invoked Article 80 of the 2014 Constitution, suspended parliament (ARP), lifted parliamentary immunity, and dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi.
Promulgation of Presidential Decree 117 on Exceptional Measures
Presidential Decree 117 concentrated legislative and executive powers in the presidency, suspended chapters 1 and 2 of the 2014 Constitution, and established decree-laws as the supreme legislative instrument without judicial review.
Dissolution of the Elected High Judicial Council (CSM)
President Kais Saied dissolved the constitutionally elected High Judicial Council via Decree-Law 2022-11 and established a Provisional High Judicial Council with members appointed directly by the presidency.
New basic law establishing a centralized presidential system with executive primacy, creating a bicameral parliament, and eliminating presidential impeachment mechanisms.
Administrative Court Rulings Suspending Dismissal of 49 Magistrates
The Administrative Court's First President issued urgent injunctions on August 9, 2022 suspending the execution of Presidential Decree 2022-516 for 49 out of the 57 dismissed magistrates, finding the dismissals lacked substantiated evidentiary records.
Decree-Law 2022-54 on Combating Cybercrime and Information Offences
Executive decree-law regulating electronic communications and penalizing the production or dissemination of false news and rumors with up to 5 years imprisonment (10 years if targeting public officials).
Decree-Law No. 2026-1 Amending Article 24 of Decree-Law 2022-54
Promulgation of Decree-Law No. 2026-1 of September 30, 2026 (JORT No. 96), amending Article 24 of Decree-Law 2022-54 on Combating Cybercrime and Information Offences to modify the statutory penalty framework and prosecutorial triggers.
Recorded status: ENACTED. Published in JORT No. 96 on September 30, 2026. Directly extends the statutory legal chronology of Decree-Law 54 without modifying historical baseline records. Primary institutional source anchored at http://www.iort.gov.tn (document-level URL unavailable / institutional provenance anchor).
What formal legal steps enacted the 2022 Constitution, dissolved prior constitutional bodies, and restructured the state apparatus — and what was the measured voter turnout and institutional participation?
Open the canonical investigation for its complete sequence, financing status, measured outcomes and causal boundaries.
Administers court system under restructured Temporary High Judicial Council.
Causal boundary: Executed ministerial oversight of judicial appointments and public prosecutions.
What the evidence establishes
ESTABLISHED
Promulgation of Decree-Law No. 2026-1 of September 30, 2026 (JORT No. 96), amending Article 24 of Decree-Law 2022-54 on Combating Cybercrime and Information Offences to modify the statutory penalty framework and prosecutorial triggers. Evidence
NOT ESTABLISHED
Allegation is not conviction; investigation is not guilt; arrest is not proof. A prosecutorial or NGO statement is not a judicial finding.
DATA GAP
The selected documentary record does not supply a verified Summer 2026 case-by-case register of detention, prosecution, final judgments or press-freedom incidents. No monthly events are inferred. Inventory record
Data gaps
DATA GAPDATA_GAP2026-09-13 · ISS-RIGHTS-09
Limits of the selected evidence
The selected documentary record does not supply a verified Summer 2026 case-by-case register of detention, prosecution, final judgments or press-freedom incidents. No monthly events are inferred.
This is a bounded inventory gap, not a claim that no such data exists anywhere.
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