Web pages about "Tunisia"

Human rights abuses in Tunisia continue despite denial - 8 July 2008

Tunisian authorities re-arrest prisoner and harass defence lawyers in apparent reprisal for Amnesty International's report.

Make human rights in Tunisia a reality - 25 June 2008

It is time for the Tunisian authorities to live up to their lofty rhetoric on human rights.

Tunisia: Human rights lip service - 23 June 2008

The Tunisian government is misleading the world as it conveys a positive image of the human rights situation in the country while abuses by its security forces continue unabated and are committed with impunity, Amnesty International revealed in a new report today.

Routine abuses in the name of security in Tunisia - 23 June 2008

Abuses by security forces in Tunisia go unpunished, despite lip service to human rights by the government.

UN examines human rights in member countries - 7 April 2008

All UN member states are facing a rigorous examination of their human rights records.

Tunisia: Court’s decision to uphold death sentence a failure to redress injustice - 21 February 2008

Amnesty International deplored the upholding of the death sentence against one of 30 men convicted of terrorism by the Tunis Appeal Court and the fact that serious breaches of their rights to a fair trial were not addressed, including the failure to order a retrial for all the defendants

Tunisia: human rights briefing for 20th anniversary of President Ben Ali’s rule - 2 November 2007

Next week, 7 November 2007 marks the 20 year anniversary of the accession to power of Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

Tunisian lawyer Mohammed Abbou released - 31 July 2007

A Tunisian lawyer and 21 other long-term political prisoners were released under a presidential pardon on 24 July to mark the 50th anniversary of the Republic of Tunisia.