The jailing of six Tunisian men sentenced to three years in prison for sodomy is a shocking example of deep-rooted state sanctioned discrimination against LGBTI people in the country, said Amnesty International today. The men, some of them university students, appeared to have been convicted...

The jailing of six Tunisian men sentenced to three years in prison for sodomy is a shocking example of deep-rooted state sanctioned discrimination against LGBTI people in the country, said Amnesty International today. The men, some of them university students, appeared to have been convicted...

By Magdalena Mughrabi, Amnesty International North Africa Researcher @magdamughrabi When Meriem Ben Mohamed was charged with “indecency” after she spoke out against rape by two police officers in 2012, her case sparked a wave of protests and a national campaign for legal change, marking a crucial...

Tunisia’s reputation as a leader on women’s rights and gender equality in the region rings hollow when the law still allows rapists to get away with their crimes. She was raped. To protect her honour now she has to marry her rapist. He was assaulted, now he stands accused of sodomy. In Tunisia, if...

This report has been published to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The report will be promoted with an event in Tunis on 3 December 2015.  Loopholes in Tunisia’s laws are granting perpetrators of rape, sexual assault and physical violence a way out while...

The case of a 22-year-old student sentenced to one year in prison for engaging in “homosexual relations” has finally sparked public debate on same-sex relations in Tunisia. Yesterday, the Minister of Justice Mohamed Salah Ben Aissa made a ground-breaking public call for the decriminalization of...

Amnesty International has written to the Tunisian Minister of Human Rights to express its alarm at statements the Minister made about homosexuality in a television interview earlier this month.In a letter of 23 February, the organization urged Samir Dilou, Minister of Human Rights and Transitional...

Amnesty International has written to the Tunisian Minister of Human Rights to express its alarm at statements the Minister made about homosexuality in a television interview earlier this month. In a letter of 23 February, the organization urged Samir Dilou, Minister of Human Rights and Transitional...

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 unleashed numerous war crimes, generated a global energy and food crisis and sought to further disrupt a weak multilateral system.

It’s been a busy year for Amnesty International with positive changes taking place around the world. Laws have been rewritten, awards have been won, prisoners of conscience released and our supporters have continued to campaign with passion to ensure people can live free from torture, harassment or...

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world expressed their strong support today for a joint declaration by UN member states condemning the human rights situation in Egypt which was delivered at the UN Human Rights Council.  In the declaration governments expressed “deep concern”...

Over the past 10 years, since the mass uprisings of 2011 that became known as the ‘Arab Spring’, activists and human rights defenders across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have continued to demand their rights in the face of relentless repression, said Amnesty International, marking the...