On 13 March 2026, the Tunis Court of Appeal sentenced opposition figure Abir Moussi to ten years in prison on the basis of unfounded accusations of attempting to change the form of the state and “inciting violence” and disorder. In addition to her existing two-year prison sentence in another case. The Tunis Court of First Instance initially sentenced her in December 2025 to 12 years imprisonment following a grossly unfair trial based on the same accusations. Abir Moussi has been unjustly imprisoned since 3 October 2023 when police officers arrested her after she attempted to submit an appeal against presidential decrees on electoral districts. The Tunisian authorities must immediately release Abir Moussi, quash her sentence and drop the charges against her as she is imprisoned solely on the peaceful exercise of her human rights.
