Bloggers and social media users were investigated or prosecuted for the peaceful online expression of their views, including for criticizing the government’s approach to dealing with COVID-19. Protests were staged against insufficient government aid and protection of health workers during the...

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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...

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...

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institutional power grab of July 25, 2021, followed by his decree of September 22 of the same year, which implicitly repealed the constitutional order, and the adoption of a tailor-made Constitution a year later, the judicial system has been subjected to constant...

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.

Tunisian filmmaker Issam Bouguerra imprisoned since 24 August 2021 was sentenced on 24 November 2022 to 15 months in prison on charges of use and possession of cannabis, which should not be criminalized in the first place. Nevertheless, he was kept in custody despite having already spent more than...

Tunisia must repeal a new cybercrime decree issued by President Kais Saied that severely threatens the rights to freedom of expression and privacy, Amnesty International said today. The decree-law is among the latest legislative attacks by the president on human rights safeguards since he carried...

Amnesty International welcomes this opportunity to address the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) following the presentation of the inter-session activity report of the Chairperson of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa (CPTA). Amnesty...

Algerian authorities should immediately release Slimane Bouhafs, an Algerian activist who disappeared a year ago from Tunisia and is now detained under investigation by an Algerian court, and ensure his freedom to leave the country, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to the states under review at the 41st session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in November 2022. The countries covered are Algeria, Bahrain, Brazil, Ecuador, Finland, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland,...

A new constitution, adopted by the 25 July referendum in Tunisia entered into force on 17 august 2022. It could lead to the weakening of human rights safeguards and the rule of law, Amnesty International said. The adoption of the new constitution comes after a year marked by a regression on human...