April 19, 2005

Crushing the person, crushing a movement:

The solitary confinement of political prisoners

I. Summary
II. Recommendations
III. Background on Political Prisoners in Tunisia
IV. Prolonged Isolation of Prisoners
V. New Information from Recently Released Prisoners
Ali Laaridh: Tunisia's Most Isolated Prisoner
Zied Douletli: Thirteen Prisons in Fourteen Years
Moustapha Ben Hlima: From Solitary to Small-group Confinement
VI. Abdelkarim Harouni: Still in Solitary Confinement
VII. Official Statements on the Isolation of Prisoners
VIII. Nabil Ouaer: The Extreme Vulnerability of Being in Isolation
Acknowledgments
Appendix A..
Appendix B..