Inicio

mohammed abbou

Ongoing persecution of human rights defenders in Tunisiaposted on: 2007/05/24

On 24 May 2007, Mohammed Abbou one of Tunisian leading human rights defenders was forcibly dragged from a meeting with his family simply because his wife Samia mentioned that she had met a joint Front Line and Human Rights First mission in Tunisia to investigate the situation for human rights defenders

  • Leer más
  • Share this

1st March 2007 - International Day of Action for Mohammed Abbou, Front Line, Human Rights Defendersposted on: 2007/02/28

Two years of detention for denouncing torture in Tunisia

SIMPLY PRINT THE LETTER (OR YOU CAN USE IT AS A GUIDE FOR COMPOSING YOUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE) AND SEND IT TO THE TUNISIAN AUTHORITIES: EMBASSY IN YOUR COUNTRY

Find the address of the Embassy in your country here

PRESIDENT BEN ALI

Président M. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Président de la République Palais Présidentiel Tunis

1 March 2007

Re: Mohammed Abbou, two years of detention for denouncing torture in Tunisia

Your Excellency,

I am writing to express my deep concern for the Tunisian human rights defender Mohammed Abbou, his wife, Samia Abbou and their children. Mohammed Abbou is an eminent human rights defender from Tunisia. He was arbitrarily arrested in Tunis on 1 March 2005, and was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in April 2005. He was charged for publishing an online article, in which he criticized Tunisian prisons, comparing them to Abu Ghraib. According to family members who have visited him in prison he has been kicked and punched by prison guards and denied medical attention.

Brutal ataque a defensora de los derechos humanos de Túnezposted on: 2007/02/28

Samia Abbou, esposa del importante abogado y defensor de los derechos humanos Mohammed Abbou, fue víctima de un brutal ataque el día 7 de diciembre. Un grupo de alrededor de 40 hombres vestidos con ropa civil la atacaron y golpearon tanto a ella como a otros tres líderes defensores de derechos humanos, en los alrededores de la prisión El Kef, cerca de Túnez.

Samia Abbou había viajado a El Kef a visitar a su esposo, quien está detenido allí. La acompañaban los defensores de los derechos humanos Moncef Marzouki, ex – presidente del National Comittee for Liberties in Tunisia (CNLT) [Comisión Nacional por las Libertades en Tunicia] y del Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH) [Liga Tunecina por los Derechos Humanos]; Salim Boukhdhir, un conocido periodista; y Samir ben Amor, miembro fundador de la International Association for the Support of Political Prisoner [ Asociación Internacional de Apoyo al Prisionero Político]. Según los informes, la policía detuvo varias veces el vehículo en el que se trasladaban durante el viaje a El Kef y se hallaba presente en los alrededores de la prisión al momento del ataque.

1st March 2007 - International Day of Action for Mohammed Abbou, Front Line, Human Rights Defendersposted on: 2007/02/28

Two years of detention for denouncing torture in Tunisia

SIMPLY PRINT THE LETTER (OR YOU CAN USE IT AS A GUIDE FOR COMPOSING YOUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE) AND SEND IT TO THE TUNISIAN AUTHORITIES: EMBASSY IN YOUR COUNTRY

Find the address of the Embassy in your country here

PRESIDENT BEN ALI

Président M. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Président de la République Palais Présidentiel Tunis

1 March 2007

Re: Mohammed Abbou, two years of detention for denouncing torture in Tunisia

Your Excellency,

I am writing to express my deep concern for the Tunisian human rights defender Mohammed Abbou, his wife, Samia Abbou and their children. Mohammed Abbou is an eminent human rights defender from Tunisia. He was arbitrarily arrested in Tunis on 1 March 2005, and was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in April 2005. He was charged for publishing an online article, in which he criticized Tunisian prisons, comparing them to Abu Ghraib. According to family members who have visited him in prison he has been kicked and punched by prison guards and denied medical attention.

Freedom of Expression in Tunisia remain under siegeposted on: 2007/01/22

ARTICLE 19 has made a joint appeal to incoming UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to remind the Government of Tunisia of its international obligations. Freedom of expression is severely curtailed in Tunisia and writers, journalists, editors and human rights defenders face ongoing harassment.

Read more and join the appeal to end freedom of expression restrictions in Tunisia

JOINT ACTION

22nd January 2007

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN TUNISIA STILL UNDER SIEGE OVER ONE YEAR AFTER WSIS

Hosting the United Nations-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunisia, a country where repression of human rights - in particular freedom of expression - is rampant, remains controversial.

Freedom of Expression in Tunisia remain under siegeposted on: 2007/01/22

ARTICLE 19 has made a joint appeal to incoming UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to remind the Government of Tunisia of its international obligations. Freedom of expression is severely curtailed in Tunisia and writers, journalists, editors and human rights defenders face ongoing harassment.

Read more and join the appeal to end freedom of expression restrictions in Tunisia

JOINT ACTION

22nd January 2007

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN TUNISIA STILL UNDER SIEGE OVER ONE YEAR AFTER WSIS

Hosting the United Nations-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunisia, a country where repression of human rights - in particular freedom of expression - is rampant, remains controversial.

Women human rights defenders on hunger strikeposted on: 2006/05/17

18 May 2006

A group of women lawyers observed a 24-hour hunger strike on Wednesday 17 May in the Bar association building (Maison du Barreau) opposite the Palais de la Justice in the Tunisian capital of Tunis

The women were taking part in a sit in since 9 May, protesting against the Tunisian governments decision to create a law to take the control of the training of barristers away from the independent national Bar association – the Conseil national de l'ordre des avocats (CNOA).

The 32 women went on hunger strike because of police aggression perpetrated against them during the sit in protest.

Tunisian police verbally and physically attacked well-known lawyer, Leila Ben Dabba on the steps of Maison du Barreau as she was attempting to bring food to the protestors on Monday 15 May

The women have demanded a judicial enquiry into the attacks and the CNOA have condemned Government efforts to undermine the independence of the legal profession.

Tunisian lawyer Mohammed Abbou was imprisoned for three and a half years in April 2005 because of his criticisms of the human rights situation in Tunisia

  • Share this

Women human rights defenders on hunger strikeposted on: 2006/05/17

18 May 2006

A group of women lawyers observed a 24-hour hunger strike on Wednesday 17 May in the Bar association building (Maison du Barreau) opposite the Palais de la Justice in the Tunisian capital of Tunis

The women were taking part in a sit in since 9 May, protesting against the Tunisian governments decision to create a law to take the control of the training of barristers away from the independent national Bar association – the Conseil national de l'ordre des avocats (CNOA).

The 32 women went on hunger strike because of police aggression perpetrated against them during the sit in protest.

Tunisian police verbally and physically attacked well-known lawyer, Leila Ben Dabba on the steps of Maison du Barreau as she was attempting to bring food to the protestors on Monday 15 May

The women have demanded a judicial enquiry into the attacks and the CNOA have condemned Government efforts to undermine the independence of the legal profession.

Tunisian lawyer Mohammed Abbou was imprisoned for three and a half years in April 2005 because of his criticisms of the human rights situation in Tunisia

  • Share this

Defensores de los derechos humanos son brutalmente golpeados en Túnez, marzo 2005posted on: 2006/03/13

Front Line ha condenado la violenta represión de los defensores de los derechos humanos en Túnez. El 4 de marzo, cientos de policías agredieron brutalmente a defensores de los derechos humanos y a miembros de partidos políticos de la oposición, mientras trataban de reunirse pacíficamente para una manifestación. Radhia Nasraoui, abogada y defensora de los derechos humanos, fue brutalmente golpeada por agentes de policía y sufrió fractura de nariz, cortes en la frente y contusiones en otras partes del cuerpo. Su hija también fue golpeada y le han tenido que dar puntos de sutura en la cabeza.

Tras la noticia de que el gobierno tunecino había invitado al primer ministro israelí, Ariel Sharon, a asistir a la Cumbre Mundial sobe la Sociedad de la Información de las Naciones Unidas que tendrá lugar en noviembre, varias protestas tuvieron lugar en distintas partes del país contra esta decisión. Los defensores de los derechos humanos de Túnez exigieron el procesamiento de Ariel Sharon por crímenes de guerra por la masacre de civiles. La violenta represión del 4 de marzo es parte del tipo de ataques que las autoridades tunecinas están lanzando sobre los defensores de los derechos humanos.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner supports Tunisian human rights defendersposted on: 2005/11/17

17 November 2005 A press conference, on 16 November attended by Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi, at the Tunis headquarters of the Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH), in effect, became the first unofficial meeting of the Citizens Summit on Information Technology (CSIS) The Tunisian government has systematically blocked the alternative summit’s preparatory meetings and planned workshops and events in flagrant breach of the right to freedom of expression and association. In doing so, the Tunisian Government has demonstrated contempt for the Geneva Principles* and for their obligations under the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and international human rights law.

Leading representatives of International and Tunisian Civil Society committed themselves to continuing the struggle for the basic rights to freedom of expression and association in Tunisia in front of the audience of over 200 journalists, diplomats and NGO members.