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- Tunisian authorities ordered a one-month suspension of the Human Rights League on Friday without comment.
- The HRL frames the suspension as proof of an expanding clampdown on independent voices in Tunisia.
- Rights groups note the action follows October suspensions of the Democratic Women organization and the Economic and Social Rights Forum.
- Reporter Zied Heni was detained on Friday after publishing criticism of the judiciary, illustrating mounting media pressure.
