AN ANTI-DISCRIMINATION activist in Tunisia was arrested in a money-laundering investigation this week as the dangerous conditions facing migrants and their advocates worsen.

Saadia Mosbah, who is black, was taken into custody and her home was searched as part of a probe into the funding of the Mnemty association she runs.

She was detained after she posted on social media condemning the racism she faced from people denouncing her for helping sub-Saharan African migrants, said Tunisian League for the Defence of Human Rights president Bassem Trifi.