In Tunisia Talks, EU Should Privilege Human Rights Over Politics

Click to expand Image People enter the Tunis hall of justice, Friday May, 26, 2017. © 2017 Hassene Dridi/AP Images (Brussels) – At their forthcoming meeting on March 20, European Union foreign affairs ministers should publicly press the Tunisian authorities to reverse their crackdown against perceived critics, four human rights groups said today. The foreign affairs ministers should critically review their cooperation with Tunisia to avoid contributing to the ongoing undermining of human rights and of the independence of the judiciary that Tunisians have worked hard to secure since the 2011…

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