Tunisia: Harsh Sentences for Rights Defenders

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Saadia Mosbah (center), president of the antiracism association Mnemty, attending a march in Tunis, Tunisia, on March 4, 2023. © 2023 Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Beirut) – Tunisian courts sentenced eight human rights defenders to prison terms and fines in recent days for charges connected to their human rights work, including two prominent women who were handed harsh sentences, Human Rights Watch said today. On June 26, 2026, a Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced Sihem Bensedrine, the former president of the Truth and Dignity Commission,…

Read complete article

~	What the world misses when it doesn’t understand statelessness

~	Why do some foods taste good and others taste horrible?

~	View from The Hill: ‘we must disagree with this action’ Albanese tells Beijing

~	Egypt: Refugees, Asylum Seekers Arrested, Deported

~	From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework for understanding the world not as broken but as naturally seeking balance

~	Why are our fingers different lengths?

~	Climate change means an earlier spring, which can be disorienting and threatening for migrating birds

~	Europe: Brazen hacking of former MEP investigating Pegasus abuses exposes painful inaction over spyware

~	View from The Hill: WA state byelection within Hastie’s seat another ‘real time’ test for One Nation

~	Wilsons Prom has been scarred by bushfires. It may help us protect other fire-prone forests