Était un partisan de Kais Saied lors de sa campagne électorale, mais depuis l’accession de ce dernier au pouvoir absolu est devenu l’un de ses opposants les plus en vue.
D'autres victimes de violations des droits de la personne par le régime de Saied
Le juge d’instruction du Pôle judiciaire antiterroriste l’a interrogé sur ses rencontres avec des diplomates étrangers.
Chaïma Issa a comparu devant le tribunal militaire le 27 janvier pour une déclaration à la radio.
Détenu arbitrairement puis libéré sous caution, sous le coup d’une interdiction de voyager.
La police l’a interrogé au sujet d’une réunion avec des visiteurs étrangers qui s’est tenue dans un restaurant et d’interviews radiophoniques dans lesquelles il a critiqué Kais Saied.
Poursuivi suite à une plainte déposée par la ministre de la Justice, Leila Jaffel.
Turki est détenu en vertu de 10 articles du code pénal tunisien, dont l’article 72, qui prévoit la peine de mort.
In June 2022, a military court also sentenced Makhlouf to one year in prison on charges of “undermining army morale” and banned him from practicing law for five years.
Était un partisan de Kais Saied lors de sa campagne électorale, mais depuis l’accession de ce dernier au pouvoir absolu est devenu l’un de ses opposants les plus en vue.
Le juge d’instruction du Pôle judiciaire antiterroriste l’a interrogé sur ses rencontres avec des diplomates étrangers.
Chaïma Issa a comparu devant le tribunal militaire le 27 janvier pour une déclaration à la radio.
Détenu arbitrairement puis libéré sous caution, sous le coup d’une interdiction de voyager.
La police l’a interrogé au sujet d’une réunion avec des visiteurs étrangers qui s’est tenue dans un restaurant et d’interviews radiophoniques dans lesquelles il a critiqué Kais Saied.
Poursuivi suite à une plainte déposée par la ministre de la Justice, Leila Jaffel.
Turki est détenu en vertu de 10 articles du code pénal tunisien, dont l’article 72, qui prévoit la peine de mort.
In June 2022, a military court also sentenced Makhlouf to one year in prison on charges of “undermining army morale” and banned him from practicing law for five years.
Petition by Academics and Intellectuals From Europe and the United States Calling for the Release of Detained Activists and Politicians in Tunisia
As the Arab Spring’s once promising and inspiring democratic transition faces its fiercest onslaught, threatening to take Tunisia back to the darkest eras of dictatorship, Tunisian democrats are bravely resisting and defending their hard won rights and freedoms. While opposition leaders make progress towards presenting a united, diverse and broad front for the restoration of democracy, they are facing a wide campaign of arbitrary arrests, politically motivated charges, demonisation and threats.
All believers in the shared values of freedom and democracy around the world must stand by them in their struggle for freedom.
Most recently, Rached Ghannouchi, who was democratically elected as Speaker of Tunisia’s Parliament that was unconstitutionally dissolved by President Kais Saied, was arrested at his home on 17 April 2023 to join the dozens of opposition leaders in jail. The charges against him and other opposition leaders are a desperate attempt to eliminate the leading voices of opposition to the destruction of democracy in Tunisia and distract attention from the deepening political, economic and social crises in the country.
We, the undersigned, academics and public figures, express our solidarity with Mr. Ghannouchi and all Tunisian democrats unjustly arrested or prosecuted, and call on the Tunisian authorities to release all political prisoners in Tunisia.
We call on the Tunisian authorities to release all political prisoners and to restore freedoms and human rights in Tunisia.
At the age of eighty-one, Mr Ghannouchi is recognised as one of the most prominent advocates of democracy in the Arab world and of Muslim democracy. He has been one of the most consistent voices of moderation and condemnation of extremism. His consensus-building approach and consistent calls for dialogue and unity across political, intellectual and ideological lines are needed in Tunisia, the wider region and beyond more than ever. Depriving Tunisia, the region and the world of one of the most prominent voices of moderation and democracy would be a tragic loss far beyond Tunisia’s borders.
Mr. Ghannouchi’s arrest is part of a wide-ranging “politically motivated witch hunt”, as described by Amnesty International. The Tunisian authorities have arbitrarily prosecuted, arrested and detained democratic political party leaders, civil society representatives, union members, judges and journalists, many of whom are facing the same charges of “conspiring against state security” for their defense of Tunisian democracy.
We call on the Tunisian authorities to release all political prisoners and to restore freedoms and human rights in Tunisia.
To add your name to the list of signatories, please send your details to freeghannouchi@gmail.com