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Tunisia\u2019s democracy is being dismantled by a president who claims he\u2019s saving it from anarchy. Parliament has been dissolved, scores of judges sacked and opponents jailed. Once Tunisia - the north African country of just 12 million people squeezed between it\u2019s much bigger neighbours Libya and Algeria - was a beacon of democracy. It was the first Arab country to overthrow it\u2019s dictator Ben Ali in 2011 during what became known as the Arab Spring. Now a new authoritarian leader, Kais Saied, dominates the country. Tunisia faces numerous problems, from soaring prices and shortages of some basic foods - to thousands of migrants \u2013 many Tunisians - trying to flee across the Mediterranean to Europe.

Mike Thomson meets the sister of an activist who was imprisoned, an aspiring kickboxer who wants to settle abroad, a sub-Saharan migrant who\u2019s lost his job and his home and a rapper, whose music helped inspire that 2011 revolution. What future faces Tunisia \u2013 democracy or dictatorship?

Presenter: Mike Thomson\nProducer: Bob Howard\nMixed by Rod Farquhar\nProduction coordinator: Helena Warwick-Cross\nSeries Editor: Penny Murphy

(Image: Tunisians with Tunisian flags protesting against the constitutional referendum. Credit: Mohamed Messara/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)