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Redeyef Activists Demand Historic Recognition Rather than Compensation

Amira Masrour | 14 January 2013 | 0 Comments

Samir Dilou, minister of human rights and transitional justice, met yesterday, January 13, in Tunis with representatives of the families of the martyrs and wounded of the 2008 uprising in the southwestern town of Redeyef and declared that the government will compensate them for their losses. Residents of Redeyef in the phosphate-rich governorate of Gafsa [...]

Torture Persists in Post-Revolution Tunisia, Two Years In

Farah Samti | 04 January 2013 | 5 Comments

Despite the efforts made by different representatives of civil society to preserve and promote human rights, torture persists in post-revolution Tunisia, two years since the popular uprisings of January 2011. Minister of Human Rights and Transitional Justice Samir Dilou submitted a draft law establishing a National Council for Protection against Torture to the Head of [...]

Transitional Justice Draft Law: A Collaborative Effort by Government and Civil Society

Farah Samti | 22 November 2012 | 1 Comment

Members of the National Constituent Assembly are to discuss articles of the transitional justice draft law in the coming days after it had been officially approved by the Council of Ministers. Consisting of 75 articles and divided into two main chapters, the draft law was presented to interim President Moncef Marzouki earlier this month. The [...]

Man Accused of Desecrating Tunisian Flag Turns Himself In

Sana Ajmi | 05 April 2012 | 1 Comment

Yassine El Brigui, the man who is accused of desecrating the Tunisian flag at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Manouba University turned himself in today, April 5, to the Ministry of Human Rights and Transitional Justice. Chakib Derwich, a press attaché from the ministry, said that El Brigui “came to us because he wants to [...]

Group Claiming Anonymous Affiliation Hacks Tunisian Ministry of Justice Website

Mischa Benoit-Lavelle | 28 March 2012 | 2 Comments

The most recent cyber-attack in Tunisia took down the website of the Ministry of Justice this morning, and a group claiming affiliation with the loose international collective Anonymous has taken credit for the action on its Facebook page. The attack was motivated by alleged aggression on the part of the Tunisian National Guard against protesters at the [...]

Debating Transitional Justice in Tunisia

Asma Ghribi | 08 March 2012 | 2 Comments

The popular uprisings of January 2011, which led to the collapse of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali’s despotic regime, raised new questions in Tunisia on how to redress the infringements of the past. Post-January 14th Tunisia found itself with a legacy of human rights violations, political and financial corruption. Many measures towards implementing transitional justice were [...]

Human Rights Minister Refuses to Retract Homophobic Comments

Farah Samti | 02 March 2012 | 11 Comments

Chakib Darouiche, the press attaché of the Ministry of Human Rights and Transitional Justice, has confirmed that Samir Dilou, the Tunisian Human Rights Minister, stands behind the controversial statements he made concerning homosexuality during an interview conducted with talk-show host Samir Wafi on February 4th. “Dilou believes that Tunisia’s distinctiveness as an Arab-Muslim society must be [...]

Martyr’s Families Subject to Threats, Says Amnesty International

Wafa Ben Hassine | 20 February 2012 | 0 Comments

On February 12th, 2012, Amnesty International called on the protection of the victims and families of 300 or so Tunisians that have been killed amid the country’s upheaval last winter. According to the organization, they have been repeatedly threatened by members of the nation’s internal security forces “either directly or in public statements on television [...]

Transitional Justice Process in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia

Hanen Keskes | 30 January 2012 | 0 Comments

On January 14, 2011 Zine Abedine Ben Ali’s despotic regime could no longer escape accountability for the crimes it committed against the Tunisian people. However, one year later, judicial accountability for the crimes the regime committed remain elusive. Ensuring the implementation of transitional justice has become an important point on the agenda of the interim [...]

Government Spokesman Samir Dilou Addresses State of Tunisia in Transition

Sana Ajmi | 08 January 2012 | 2 Comments

The government spokesman, Samir Dilou, made announcements in three major policy areas yesterday at the Prime Ministry. Dilou shed light on the government’s plans to handle the cases of martyr’s families and those who were wounded during the Revolution, the ongoing demonstration at Manouba University and the work stoppages around the country. Regarding the cases of the Revolution’s [...]

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