Tunisia: Fear for safety/Intimidation

Index Number: MDE 30/022/2005
Date Published: 15 November 2005
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, Tunisia

A French journalist (Christophe Boltanski (m)) and two Tunisian human rights defenders (Radhia Nasraoui (f), Mokhtar Trifi (m)) have been attacked and intimidated in the capital, Tunis, in recent days. Tunis is due to host the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) between 16 and 18 November, and other human rights defenders, journalists and civil society activists attending the WSIS may be in danger.