Tunisia: Year-long arbitrary detention of human rights defenders working with refugees and migrants

By Amnesty International

Tunisian authorities must immediately release human rights defenders, NGO workers, and former local officials who have been held in arbitrary pre-trial detention for one year because of their legitimate support for refugees and migrants, Amnesty International said today. The ongoing crackdown, part of a broader assault on civil society in Tunisia, was fueled by escalating […] The post Tunisia: Year-long arbitrary detention of human rights defenders working with refugees and migrants appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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