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...

On 25 July 2021, President Kais Saied appeared on Tunisian state television and announced that, in light of the manifold crises gripping Tunisia, he had decided to fire the head of government, freeze parliament and lift immunity for its members, and take executive control of the country, citing...

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed the weakness of right to health protections in Tunisia and particularly when it came to vaccine rollout programmes and the marginalization of historically underserved rural regions of Tunisia. Amnesty International conducted field research in Ghardimaou, one of the...

President Kais Saied’s decision to dissolve Tunisia’s top independent judicial body and to replace it with an institution in whose work he can intervene has obliterated the last significant institutional check on his authority following a power grab in July 2021 and given him control over judiciary...

Tunisian authorities must ensure fair access to vaccines for all and should publish vital information about the national vaccination rollout, including the criteria adopted for determining priority groups, Amnesty International said today.

Ten years after Tunisia’s revolution succeeded in ending the iron-fisted rule of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, victims continue to face an uphill struggle in their quest for justice and reparation for the unlawful and excessive use of force and other grave human rights violations committed...

Over the past three years, an increasing number of prosecutions of bloggers and Facebook users have taken place in relation to their peaceful expression of opinion online. They have been investigated or charged or sometimes sentenced on criminal charges including defamation, insulting state...

Amnesty Internationals calls for the Tunisian authorities to investigate the means deployed between 20 and 23 June 2020 to disperse what is known as the El-Kamour sit-in to protest the socioeconomic situation in the southern governorate of Tataouine. Amnesty International’s research has concluded...

Health and essential workers have played an extraordinary role in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across countries, they have put their health and wellbeing at risk, often in very difficult circumstances and with very little support, to ensure that people are able to access the...

Amnesty International would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your nomination in office. We are writing to you in hope that you will commit to defending and protecting human rights during your mandate and that you will maintain an open dialogue and cooperation on human rights...

Dear Incoming Members of the Assembly of the People’s Representatives, Amnesty International would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your election to Tunisia’s Assembly of the People’s Representatives. We are writing to you in hope that you will commit to defending and protecting...

On 24 June, the Special Rapporteur on rights to freedom of association and peaceful assembly presented his findings on the exercise of these rights in Tunisia and shared his concerns regarding potential threats to freedom of association and assembly in the country.