http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2031 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR01/009/2008/en This booklet is designed for those directly involved in the implementation of the ‘European Guidelines on Human Rights defenders’. The purpose of the Guidelines “is to provide practical suggestions for enhancing EU action” in relation to human rights defenders. If fully implemented, the potential for Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE30/009/2008/en Ziad Fakraoui is being detained incommunicado and is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. He was arrested on the morning of 25 June 2008 at his family home in the capital, Tunis, by men in civilian clothing. The men identified themselves as state security officials, and told Ziad Fakraoui's mother tha Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/make-human-right-in-tunisia-a-reality It is time for the Tunisian authorities to live up to their lofty rhetoric on human rights. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE30/003/2008/en Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE30/004/2008/en Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE30/005/2008/en Hundreds if not thousands of young people suspected of terrorism-related offences have been arrested in Tunisia in the past five years. Many have been tortured and otherwise ill-treated, held incommunicado and subjected to enforced disappearance. Some have been sentenced after unfair trials before military a Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE30/007/2008/en Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE30/004/2008/en Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE30/003/2008/en Saber Ragoubi was arrested as he surrendered following confrontations between the security forces and an armed group. He was tried unfairly and sentenced to death in December 2007, largely on the basis of information obtained from him and other co-defendants under torture. This document urges the Tunisian au Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/tunisia-human-rights-lip-service-20080623 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. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International