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Alkarama and the Association of Victims of Torture in Tunisia (AVTT) have submitted a joint complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) concerning Mr. Noureddine BHIRI, lawyer, former Member of Parliament and former Tunisian Minister of Justice, who has been detained on political grounds since his arrest on 13 February 2023. 

United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) issues Opinion No. 2/2025 regarding Judge Bechir Akremi, former Attorney General and academic, arbitrarily detained in Tunisia. 

Alkarama strongly condemns the unjust and politically motivated verdicts issued on 19 April 2025 by the Court of First Instance in the tunisian capital, Tunis, against over thirty leading opposition figures, following trials that fall far short of basic standards of justice and due process.

Tunisia
Our concerns
  • Inadequate protection of fundamental rights and freedoms in domestic legislation and persistence of past practices;
  • Permanent state of emergency facilitating violations of the fundamental rights and guarantees of individuals;
  • Impunity of perpetrators of past violations documented by the Truth and Dignity Commission.

 

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