A new report says Tunisia has dramatically expanded the use of politically motivated arrests

Tunisia: new Human Rights Watch report finds dramatic increase in politically motivated arrests

A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Wednesday has drawn attention to the widespread politically motivated arrests and arbitrary detentions utilised by the Tunisian authorities to silence critics of president Kais Saied.

A new report says Tunisia has dramatically expanded the use of politically motivated arrests

A new Human Rights Watch report says Tunisia has dramatically expanded the use of politically motivated arrests and prosecutions to intimidate and silence critics.

Human Rights Watch slams Tunisia’s 'repressive' use of arbitrary detention

The non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) has just released a new report on Tunisia, denouncing the government's use of arbitrary detention as “a cornerstone of its repressive policy” and claiming it is designed to strip individuals of their civil and political rights.

Tunisia using more ’arbitrary detentions’ to stifle dissent

Tunisian authorities have used arbitrary detention as a key tool of repression, jailing dozens of critics on politically motivated charges in a sweeping crackdown on dissent, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. In a new report, HRW said the North African country has seen an "increased reliance on arbitrary detention and politically motivated prosecutions to intimidate, punish and silence its critics". The organisation said several critics have be…