17 October 2026: March Begins at 11:00 AM in Mohamed Ali Hammi Square, Tunis

A march began on 17 October 2026 at 11:00 AM in Mohamed Ali Hammi Square, Tunis. The march was organized by a coordination committee comprising nine national and human rights organizations under the slogan 'Tunisia first... the people above all.'

The list of organizations includes the General Union of Tunisian Workers, the National Union of Tunisian Journalists, the National Bar Association, the Tunisian Human Rights League, the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights, the Tunisian Women's Democratic Union, the General Union of Tunisian Students, the Tunisian Youth Physicians' Association, and the Union of Unemployed Graduates.

More than 10 opposition parties joined the march, including the Democratic Current, the Workers' Party, the Republican Party, the Alliance, Horizons Tunisia, the Democratic Social Path, the Pole, the Socialist Party, and the Republican Popular Union. The Popular Front and the Solidarity Alliance also joined, along with the Renaissance Party and the Gabes Popular Front.

The march raised demands for the defense of public freedoms, the independence of the judiciary, the release of political detainees, and the condemnation of the erosion of purchasing power and the cost of living, as well as the cancellation of decrees issued at the end of September.