Ten years after the revolution, the situation in Tunisia is explosive and there is widespread disillusionment. For over a month now, protests gathering thousands of mostly young people have been organised in cities across the country. Tunisians are desperate: the […]
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Since the 2011 revolution, Tunisia has achieved considerable progress in terms of human rights and fundamental freedoms but political, economic and social instability remain.
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Four years in prison and 10,000 dinars. This is the potential fine Tunisian people could face if they take a picture of policemen in a stadium without blurring their faces. This excessive sentence could soon be applied in
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In April, the Council of Europe asked Tunisia to sign the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women – as the first country in the MENA region.
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In April 2020, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women put out a global call for submissions on the increase of violence against women during the COVID-19 crisis. With
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the respect of human rights in Tunisia highlighted the frail political situation. Despite huge efforts, civil society’s influence was limited to support the state institutions in their democratic work.
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The number of cases of violence against women, of any type, has sharply risen since the enactment of Governmental Decree 2020-156 of 22 March 2020, establishing total sanitary confinement aimed
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Brussels, 20 June 2019 To mark World Refugee Day, EuroMed Rights focuses on the current practice of stopping people from disembarking ships/boats on the Mediterranean Sea shoreline, particularly in Tunisia.
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Tunis, 04 June 2019 EuroMed Rights and the signatory organisations wish to reinforce their support for the organisations that have already expressed their deepest concerns about the situation of the
Press Release Tunis, 10 October 2018 The Assembly of People’s Representatives adopted yesterday, Tuesday 9 October 2018, the Organic Law on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in
