Yassine Bayoudh

Inside Prison

Yassine Bayoudh, a Tunisian citizen and father of three from the governorate of Monastir, suffered from glandular disorders, a rapid heart rate and a hand tremor. He was moved between Monastir civil prison and Haouareb civil prison (Kairouan), and died in suspicious circumstances surrounded by conflicting accounts.
On 17 July 2026, his mother visited him at Monastir civil prison; his health appeared stable despite his previous health problems, and he told her that he would be transferred to another prison. On 18 July 2026, security officers came to the family home asking about his brother without directly informing her of her son's death, and she later learned the news from the neighbours. The prison administration informed her that the body had been sent for an autopsy at the Kairouan University Hospital. When she enquired, she was told that he had died at Haouareb civil prison as a result of high temperatures, and that he had been transferred because the conditions in that prison were "better". She tried to retrieve his identity card, but was sent back and forth between the two prisons without finding it. She received conflicting accounts of the timing of the death (shortly after her visit, during the transfer, or on arrival at Haouareb), leaving the date, place and real cause of death unclear.