US EditionTunisia: Rights Groups Condemn Detention of Prominent Lawyer Ahead of Appeal Hearing – The North Africa Post
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Tunisia: Rights groups condemn detention of prominent lawyer ahead of appeal hearing – The North Africa Post
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International have condemned the Tunisian authorities’ prosecution and detention of prominent human rights lawyer Ahmed Souab, whose appeal trial is scheduled to open on February 12 at the Tunis Court of Appeal. Souab, a former administrative judge and long-standing critic of executive interference in the judiciary, was arrested on […]
On 12 February 2026, the appeal trial of human rights lawyer Ahmed Souab will open before the Tunis Court of Appeal. Last October, the Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced him to five years in prison following a manifestly unfair trial, which lasted only seven minutes. Since his arrest on 21 April 2025, the health of Ahmed Souab, 69 years old, has deteriorated sharply in detention. He is currently incarcerated in Mornaguia prison, on the outs…
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