Tunisia: Further information on prisoner of conscience / health concern: Khémais Ksila

Index Number: MDE 30/034/1999
Date Published: 23 September 1999
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, Tunisia

Khémais Ksila was released on 22 September 1999, having served two years of his three-year prison sentence. The following day he was taken to the police station and asked to sign a declaration promising not to issue further communiqués or statements on the human rights situation in Tunisia. He refused to do this and was released after a couple of hours.