Amanallah Sahraoui

Summary

Amanallah Sahraoui, aged 21, died on 26 May 2026 after his motorcycle collided with an administrative vehicle belonging to the Ministry of the Interior and at the disposal of the General Directorate of the National Guard, on local road No. 539 in the Bourgba area on the outskirts of Mornaguia, Manouba governorate. According to the available information and the family's complaint, the circumstances of the accident raise questions about the vehicle's path and speed, the state of its lights and whether the collision could have been avoided, requiring technical and judicial verification. It was decided to keep the officer who was driving the vehicle at liberty, while the family continues to follow the case and demand that the circumstances of the death be uncovered and any possible responsibilities determined.

Personal Information

Name: Amanallah Sahraoui.
Age: 21.
Nationality: Tunisian.
Status: Pupil.
Governorate: Manouba.

Nature of the violation: Infringement of the right to life, possible breach of the duties of care and safety while driving, and the right to an independent and effective investigation to uncover the circumstances of the death and determine possible responsibilities.

Incidents of Violation

On 26 May 2026, Amanallah Sahraoui, aged 21, died following a traffic accident on local road No. 539 in the Bourgba area on the outskirts of Mornaguia, Manouba governorate, in which the motorcycle he was riding collided with a double-cab administrative vehicle belonging to the Ministry of the Interior and at the disposal of the General Directorate of the National Guard, assigned to the Mornaguia public security post. The investigation records on the traffic accident indicate that the accident occurred at around 2 a.m.

According to the information in the accident report, the administrative vehicle was travelling in the opposite direction to the motorcycle, while Amanallah was riding his motorcycle in the opposite lane. The accident report includes a sketch showing the position of the two vehicles, their paths and the point of collision.

According to the statements of the officer driving the vehicle, he had received notification of a fire near the area and had been asked to accompany a vehicle of the State Lands Office to inspect the fire. He stated that, on approaching the site, he turned left to check the source of the flames, while taking measures regarding the use of lights and reducing the vehicle's speed.

The information in the accident report and the attached sketch indicates braking marks extending approximately 20 metres before the point of collision, in addition to a distance of about 6.90 metres between the point of collision and the place where the victim was found, as shown in the sketch. The report also documents the material damage to the motorcycle and the death of its rider. This information does not, in itself, make it possible to determine the speed of the motorcycle or to conclude that the victim was responsible for the accident, as this requires a comprehensive technical assessment of all the circumstances of the incident.

According to the victim's family, this information raises questions about the circumstances of the collision, in particular the actual speed of the vehicle, its path at the moment of the accident, the distance between it and the motorcycle, the state of its lights and whether the collision could have been avoided.

The family also stated that they contacted a number of residents and potential witnesses in the area to verify the account of the fire that was said to have been the reason for the vehicle's movement, and that they received no confirmation, according to these people's accounts, that a fire had occurred at the location or during the stated time period.

On 8 June 2026, a hearing was held in the case, during which it was decided to keep the officer who had been driving the National Guard vehicle at liberty. The case was also adjourned to a hearing on 28 September 2026. The attached documents confirm the existence of a judicial request dated 23 June 2026, submitted by the lawyer handling the family's case to the Public Prosecutor at the Manouba Court of First Instance, to obtain a copy of the surveillance camera recordings for 26 May 2026 belonging to a factory near the scene of the accident, to be used as evidence in the case, as they could help clarify the circumstances of the accident and determine the paths of the two vehicles and the sequence of events.
The hearing scheduled for 28 September 2026 was also postponed to a later date.

Human Rights Violations

The death of Amanallah Sahraoui after his motorcycle collided with a vehicle belonging to the Ministry of the Interior and at the disposal of the General Directorate of the National Guard raises suspicions of an infringement of the right to life. Determining responsibility remains dependent on the results of the investigation and the technical and judicial expert assessments, in particular regarding the vehicle's path, its speed, the state of its lights, compliance with traffic rules and whether the collision could have been avoided.

The right to life is explicitly protected under Article 24 of the 2022 Constitution of the Tunisian Republic, which provides that "the right to life is sacred", and is also guaranteed by Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The state's obligation to protect this right includes taking reasonable and necessary measures to prevent loss of life where it is foreseeable and preventable within the limits of legal standards.

The circumstances of the accident also raise suspicions of a possible breach of the duties of care and safety while driving. Article 90 of the Highway Code criminalises manslaughter resulting from a traffic accident when it is caused by failure to take the necessary precautions while driving. This rule is directly relevant to the documented facts given that Amanallah died following the collision, and the issues raised by the available information concerning the vehicle's path, its speed, the state of its lights and whether the accident could have been avoided.

Article 92 of the Highway Code also includes, among the cases for withdrawal of a driving licence, manslaughter or unintentional injury, as well as certain cases of driving in the wrong direction.

The victim's family has the right to know the circumstances of the death and to have access to effective mechanisms of investigation and redress. According to the Human Rights Committee's General Comment No. 36 on the right to life, investigations into potentially unlawful deprivations of life must be independent, impartial, prompt, thorough, effective, credible and transparent, and must aim to establish the truth and responsibilities and prevent impunity.

These guarantees are of particular importance in the documented case given that one of the two vehicles involved in the accident belonged to the Ministry of the Interior and was at the disposal of the General Directorate of the National Guard. Accordingly, the investigation procedures must ensure a sufficient degree of independence and impartiality and must include all the elements necessary to determine the causes of the accident and possible responsibilities.

In this context, the request to obtain the surveillance camera recordings is a measure relevant to uncovering the truth, as the recordings, if available, may help clarify the paths of the two vehicles and the sequence of events. It is important that this request be ruled upon and that the necessary measures be taken to preserve the relevant evidence, so that it can be relied upon in the investigation and trial proceedings. The attached documents prove that a formal request to this effect was submitted to the Public Prosecutor at the Manouba Court of First Instance.