Articles for Tunisia

Tunisia: UN Expert for Independence of Judges and Lawyers Calls on Tunisia to Bring its National Legislation into Conformity with its International Commitments

From 27 November to 5 December 2014, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, visited Tunisia with the aim to assess the challenges the country still faced in order to ensure the independence of its judicial system.

22 Dec 2014

Tunisia: Arrest and Incommunicado Detention of Radhouane Gharsallaoui

On 4 December 2014, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Torture (SRT) regarding the case of Radhouane Gharsallaoui, a 38-year-old father kidnapped four days earlier by the anti-terrorist squad, as part of a broader campaign of repression by the security services.

03 Dec 2014

Tunisia: Alkarama Calls on Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to Visit the Country

On the occasion of the 24th session of the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture which will be held in Geneva from 17 to 21 November, Alkarama called the UN experts to undertake a visit to Tunisia, where the situation of torture remains a major concern despite the political will expressed by the authorities to fight against the persistent human rights violations in the country.

18 Nov 2014

Tunisia: Karim Rhimi Tortured Under Pretext of Fighting Against Terrorism

On 17 October 2014, Alkarama sent a communication to the Special Rapporteur on Torture regarding the case of Karim Rhimi, a 22 year old student arrested on 19 September 2014 and severely tortured by the anti-terrorist squad.

27 Oct 2014

Alkarama was just informed that the 63-year-old Tunisian prisoner of opinion Dr.

01 Nov 2010

After stepping out to buy groceries in the early hours of 30 September 2009, Walid Hosni, a 23 year old medical student from Naasen (Ben Arous governorate), near the capital Tunis, disappeared and his family has since lost contact with him. At the time of his disappearance he was not carrying any ID and had only intended be out of the house for a short while.

20 Apr 2010

Tunisia: Human Rights Committee dissatisfied with government's reply

In the follow-up to the recommendations of the Human Rights Committee's periodic review of Tunisia, the government submitted, in March 2009, a reply to four of the recommendations.

01 Nov 2009

Dr. Chourou in 2008

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09 Sep 2009

Tunisia : Dr Sadok Chourou will be judged on appeal on 14 March 2009

Dr Sadok Chourou, former president of the Tunisian political movement Al Nahdha was arrested on 3 December 2008 after having just been released on 5 November after 18 years of detention. He had given several interviews a few days before his questioning. On 13 December 2008, the Court of First Instance of Tunis sentenced him to one year in prison. Dr Chourou has decided to appeal this condemnation. On 14 March 2009, he will appear in court again.

11 Mar 2009

Tunisia: New arrest for Dr Chourou, released a month ago after 18 years of arbitrary detention

Alkarama addressed the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Rapporteur on the freedom of opinion and expression today, to request their intervention in the case of Dr Sadok Chourou. The former president of the Tunisian political movement Al Nahdha was arrested on 3 December 2008 after having just been released on 5 November after 18 years of detention. He had given several interviews a few days before his questioning.

Dr Sadok Chourou was born on 10 February 1948.

19 Dec 2008