Web pages about "Tunisia"

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 Thursday.

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 right to freedom of expression and assembly. Others should be retried in fair proceedings in line with Tunisia’s international obligations

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.

Tunisia: Human rights lip service - 23 June 2008

The Tunisian government is misleading the world as it conveys a positive image of the human rights situation in the country while abuses by its security forces continue unabated and are committed with impunity, Amnesty International revealed in a new report today.

Routine abuses in the name of security in Tunisia - 23 June 2008

Abuses by security forces in Tunisia go unpunished, despite lip service to human rights by the government.

UN examines human rights in member countries - 7 April 2008

All UN member states are facing a rigorous examination of their human rights records.