Various human rights organizations said that human rights defenders and journalists in Tunisia are suffering from a disturbing escalation of harassment and intimidation. Last week, as the trial of Tunisian prominent human rights lawyer Radhia Nasraoui…

In a letter to Tunisian Minister of Interior Ali Chaouch, Human Rights Watch today condemned the refusal to grant legal status to the Conseil National des Libertés en Tunisie, a new and independent human rights organization formed by some of the country's…

Human Rights Watch today condemned the bans imposed by Moroccan authorities on a march and meeting that were to have been held yesterday in Rabat in support of human rights activists in Tunisia. Forbidding this type of human rights activity is itself a…

In a letter sent yesterday to Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Human Rights Watch urged the release of Khemais Ksila, the vice-president of the Tunisian League for Human Rights. He was arrested Monday, only hours after launching a hunger strike…

In a letter to Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, dated July 7, 1997, the Academic Freedom Committee of Human Rights Watch urges the Tunisian government to restore immediately the personal liberties of Professor Moncef Ben Salem, formerly of the…

Human Rights Watch/Middle East is writing this open letter to request respectfully that you direct your attention to the case of Mr. Kamel Masmoudi, a Canadian-Tunisian dual national who was recently imprisoned in Tunisia. On the basis of the information…

At the end of August, Tunisian military courts pronounced verdicts against 279 Islamists in the most closely watched trials to take place since 1987, when many of the same persons had been put on trial. The 1992 trials were seen as a test of the…