TUNISI (TUNISIA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – A new report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) paints a grim picture of Tunisia’s human rights landscape, accusing the government under President Kais Saied of systematically using arbitrary detention to suppress dissent and eliminate political opposition.
The 42-page report, titled “Tunisia: Arbitrary Detention Crushes Dissent”, condemns what it describes as a deliberate strategy by Tunisian authorities to deprive individuals of their civil and political rights through politically motivated arrests and prosecutions.
Since President Saied’s dramatic consolidation of power on July 25, 2021, Human Rights Watch asserts that the state has intensified efforts to silence its critics. “Not since the 2011 revolution have Tunisian authorities unleashed such repression,” said Bassam Khawaja, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “President Kais Saied’s government has returned the country to an era of political prisoners, robbing Tunisians of hard-won civil liberties”, he added.
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