Tunisia: Forcible return/Fear of torture and other ill-treatment

Index Number: MDE 30/005/2007
Date Published: 20 June 2007
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, Tunisia

On 17 June, the USA transferred two Tunisian nationals, Abdellah Ben Omar al Hajji and Lutfi Ben Swei Lagha, from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody of the Tunisian government. Amnesty International fears that they are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment in Tunisia.