Tunisia: Further information on fear for safety

Index Number: MDE 30/037/1999
Date Published: 21 October 1999
Categories: Africa, Tunisia

Surveillance and harassment of human rights defenders in Tunisia has been stepped up once again. Human rights defenders are being continually harassed and intimidated, including being arrested and imprisoned. Increasingly members of Amnesty International's Tunisian Section are being targeted despite the fact that they do not work on human rights issues concerning Tunisia.