On the 10th anniversary of the revolution, Tunisia witnessed what has become a usual spike in the number of protests carried out across the country especially during January. What distinguished 2021 from the rest was the diversity of backgrounds and motivations that propelled demonstrations. Among hundreds of Tunisians detained, many were minors; there were illegal night raids, arbitrary arrests, investigative reports that failed to respect detainee’s most basic rights; the suspicious death of a man in his thirties following his arbitrary arrest; another young man was tortured, one of his testicals removed. Neither the perpetrators nor those in power were held accountable for these repressive practices.
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The murder of Abdulraouf Khamasi and the attempted cover-up by the security and justice sectors
The Interior Ministry claims in its report, published on 10 September, that an investigative inquiry was launched on 30 August 2012 – this is true. However, what the ministry fails to give are the subject and title of this report.
Tunisia : The case of Amin Alkarami reveals the identity of an army sniper
we are launching today an investigation into a case the analysis of which has only ever been superficial and which, as a result, has remained shrouded in mystery. We will try, during this investigation, to unearth the truth of the army sniper implicated in the murder of 17th January 2011…