Tunisia

On 20 September 2009, Mr. Walid Hosni, a third-year student at the Higher School of Medical Sciences in Tunis, disappeared under circumstances that remain unclear to this day. 

Mr. Hosni, 22 years old, left his home at 6:30 AM as usual to run daily errands, without carrying any identification or a significant amount of money. Since then, his family has had no news of him and remains completely unaware of his fate, despite numerous attempts to obtain information from various authorities. 

Alkarama and the Association of Victims of Torture in Tunisia (AVTT) are following with great concern the continued repression and prosecutions practiced by the Tunisian authorities against political opponents in general and leaders of the Ennahda Movement in particular. The Court of First Instance in Tunis held a trial session for former Minister of Justice and Vice President of the Ennahda Movement, Mr Noureddine Bhiri, on Tuesday, June 5, over a post on Facebook. 

On January 31, 2024, the Association of Victims of Torture in Tunisia (AVTT) and Alkarama submitted to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions (WGAD), the situation of Mr. Bechir AKREMI, magistrate, arbitrarily arrested and held in detention for almost a year today. 

Arrest and continued detention