Human Rights Leader On Trial
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – On 5 February 1998, Khemais Ksila, vice-President of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH), will be tried on criminal charges because he announced that he would go on hunger strike after the Tunisian authorities had him dismissed from his job and confiscated his passport. Mr Ksila was arrested on 29 September 1997 […]
Authorities refuse to renew passport of journalist Salah Bechir
Tunisian authorities have refused to renew the passport of journalist Salah Bechir, an editorial writer with the Arab- language, London-based daily “Al-Hayat”. On 2 April 1996, Bechir went to the Tunisian Embassy in Paris to ask for a renewal of his passport. However, on 10 May, his request was turned down, with one Embassy official […]
Editor Mohammed Kilani remains in detention; sentenced in second trial
**Updates IFEX alerts dated 1 and 24 February 1995** Mohammed Kilani, editor-in-chief of “Al Badil”, remains in detention. He was sentenced on 22 February 1995 to two years in prison for “supporting an unauthorized association,” and holding “unauthorized meetings” (see IFEX alerts). On 27 April, in a second trial, he was sentenced to five years […]
Journalist Jaouhari Sahnoun dies in custody
Journalist Jaouhari Sahnoun died in a Tunis hospital on 25 January. He worked for “al-Fajr”, the pro-al-Nahda newspaper, and was a former member of the board of directors of the Tunisian League of Human Rights. Sahnoun had been arrested on 23 March 1991 and was sentenced in the mass al-Nahda military trials of 1992 to […]