Amnesty International delivered this statement on the occasion of the General Debate at HRC57 expressing concerns about restrictions on civic space in China; abusive and discriminatory laws, policies and practices against religious and other minorities, as well as human rights defenders and activists, in India; and arbitrary arrests and detention in Tunisia.
In view of the rampant human rights violations against migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in Tunisia, especially those who are Black; Tunisia’s lack of an asylum system; the Tunisian government’s crackdown on civil society, judicial independence, and the media; and the impossibility of fairly and individually determining nationalities or assessing the protection needs of migrants…
The undersigned organizations call on the government of Tunisia to end its ongoing crackdown on the rights to free expression and free association and to respect the human rights of everyone in Tunisia.
The Tunisian authorities must immediately end prosecution of political opposition figures and release those who have been held for more than a year without valid grounds. Khayam Turki, Abdelhamid Jelassi, Issam Chebbi, Jaouhar Ben Mbarek, Ghazi Chaouachi and Ridha Belhaj have been detained arbitrarily since February 2023 in the so-called “conspiracy case”.
Since January 2022, at least 20 Tunisian defence lawyers in high profile cases, have faced judicial harassment through criminal investigations based on their peaceful exercise of their human rights including the rights to freedom of expression and association, Amnesty International said today. The organization calls on the Tunisian authorities to immediately drop all charges against…
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Tunisian authorities have used vague provisions in the law governing pretrial detention to jail a series of high-profile opponents, public figures, and perceived enemies of President Kais Saied without showing that the measure is reasonable and necessary as required by international law. These detentions highlight a deepening regression for human rights and judicial independence in…
The Human Rights Council should urgently address the deterioration of the human rights situation in Tunisia, four human rights organizations said today as the 53rd Council’s session is underway. In a letter sent to UN Member States’ Representatives on 5 June 2023, the undersigned organizations warned against the rapidly worsening situation in Tunisia, and urged…
Since President Kais Saied’s institutional power grab of July 25, 2021, followed by his decree of September 22 of the same year, which implicitly repealed the constitutional order, and the adoption of a tailor-made Constitution a year later, the judicial system has been subjected to constant attacks aimed at crushing its independence and sweeping away…
Amnesty International welcomes Tunisia’s support for 192 recommendations, including on guaranteeing the separation of powers, and in particular the independence of the judiciary, highlighting the need for protecting human rights and freedoms as well as the establishment of a Constitutional Court.