Tunisia

Tunisia: Appeal Court entrenches injustice by upholding unfair convictions - 4 February 2009

Amnesty International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of trade union leaders and all those imprisoned for peacefully exercising their rights to freed

Growing calls for end to executions at UN - 18 December 2008

Over one hundred countries voted overwhelmingly in favour of a second resolution on "Moratorium on the use of the death penalty" at the United Nations on T

Trade unionists sentenced to jail in Tunisia - 15 December 2008

A court in Tunisia has handed down sentences of up to 10 years' imprisonment against 33 workers and trade union activists after an unfair trial.

Tunisia: Trial of trade union leaders a travesty of justice - 12 December 2008

Amnesty International is calling on the Tunisian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all those arrested and tried for exercising peacefully their ri

Tunisian trade union leader on trial for role in protests - 4 December 2008

A trade union leader and 37 others face trial in Tunisia on Thursday, accused of fomenting unrest during protests earlier this year in the Gafsa region.

Tunisian journalist freed - 22 July 2008

A Tunisian journalist has been released eight months after he was arrested.

Human rights abuses in Tunisia continue despite denial - 8 July 2008

Tunisian authorities re-arrest prisoner and harass defence lawyers in apparent reprisal for Amnesty International's report.

Make human rights in Tunisia a reality - 25 June 2008

It is time for the Tunisian authorities to live up to their lofty rhetoric on human rights.