The Political Detention of Abir Moussi: A Chronological Account of Systematic Legal and Human Rights Violations
Summary: Abir Moussi, a Tunisian lawyer and politician and the president of the Free Destourian Party (PDL), has been detained since October 2023. She was arrested after heading to the presidential palace, accompanied by a party lawyer and a bailiff, to submit a formal grievance challenging presidential decisions regarding local elections. Shortly thereafter, a wave […]
Gabès Youth Years of Environmental Pollution… and Months of Imprisonment
The Intersection Association for Rights and Freedoms expresses its strong condemnation of the unfair custodial sentences issued on 28 May 2025 by the Court of First Instance in Gabes against some activists for their participation in peaceful protests demanding the dismantling of polluting industrial units in the region and guaranteeing the right to a safe […]
May of repression
In May 2024, the Tunisian state witnessed a series of incitement and waves of arrests that targeted human rights defenders, solely for practicing their right to freedom of expression and exercising their civil activism. In an atmosphere clouded by unjust trials and voices of incitement and threats, we are launching the “May of Repression” campaign, […]
Freedom for Dali Rtimi, Freedom for the young activists of Gabes
On Monday 26,2024, a detention order was issued against activist Dali Rtimi, who has been arrested since Friday, 23, for participating in a protest calling for the removal of polluting facilities in the city of Gabes. His arrest came right after stepping in to protect a citizen who was about to be subjected to violence […]
Bibliothé a cultural café without security approval
Intersection Association for Rights and Freedoms expresses its full support and unconditional solidarity with Biblio’Thé, an independent cultural space that, since its establishment, has played a pivotal role in stimulating the local cultural scene and creating an alternative space for artistic and intellectual expression, open to all cultural and civic actors. While the association praises […]
Paramedics Fade, Authority Descends: A new phase of oppression
On April 14, 2025, a tragic incident happened in the municipality of Mezzouna, located in the governorate of Sidi Bouzid, when part of the wall of a secondary school collapsed, resulting in the deaths of three students and injuries to two others. In the aftermath, the region erupted in a wave of protests across the […]
Watch out.. Repression has Begun
To access the report:Watch out.. Repression has Begun Intersection Association for Rights and Freedoms has released an annual report for 2024, entitled “Watch out.. Repression has Begun”, pointing out the concerning rise in human rights violations, in Tunisia, with the majority carried out by state authorities. The annual report provides a thorough overview of these […]
Justice absent and political trials continue
Intersection Association for Rights and Freedoms is deeply concerned with the judicial proceedings in the political case known in the media as the “Conspiracy Case,” which resulted in a large wave of arrests in Tunisia in February 2023. The judicial authorities have decided to charge over forty opposition figures, including politicians and human rights activists. […]
the mock trial demonstration in the Rio Hall
Intersection Association for Rights and Freedoms condemns the actions of police forces that blocked the event of a visual trial that has been led by organizations of the civil society on April 10, 2025 in the movie-theater “Rio”. The event aimed at shedding light on the violations against political detainees and prisoners of conscience in […]
Sonia Dahmani goes on hunger strike
On a hunger strike in prison, lawyer Sonia Dahmani is protesting being denied the right to see her family on Eid day, while also speaking out against the unfair treatment she’s been enduring and the systematic violations executed by authorities against her since her arrest in May 2024, which stemmed from statements she made on […]