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Abir Moussi, a prominent opponent of Tunisian President Kais Saied, was detained by the police Tuesday. The incident occurred after Moussi’s participation in a sit-in protest at the entrance to the presidential palace. According to local news, Aroussi Zgir, the head of the Lawyers’ Branch in Tunisia, stated that Moussi had been detained for 48 [...]

A prominent political cartoonist in Tunisia announced he was released from custody Friday on his Facebook page. Tunisian authorities arrested Tawfiq Omrane, well-known for publishing satirical drawings of political figures on his Facebook page, on Thursday on suspicion of insulting Prime Minister Ahmed Al-Hasani through his cartoons. The Public Prosecutor’s office authorized Omrane’s arrest on [...]

Amnesty International, along with over 200 civil society organizations, called upon participating governments of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) on Wednesday to address the human rights records and climate policies of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The COP28, an annual conference of governments from around the world to discuss climate policies, is scheduled [...]

Tunisian authorities placed Abdel Karim Harouni, the head of Ennahda party’s advisory council and a senior opposition figure, under house arrest on Saturday, according to a statement from the National Salvation Front, Tunisia’s main opposition coalition. The National Salvation Front called decision arbitrary, saying it targets dissent and interferes with the internal affairs of political [...]

As the World Bank advances the WBG Gender Strategy 2024-30 for global development, innovative engagement on gender equality is becoming urgent. At this critical juncture, recent stocktaking reports underscore the Bank’s commitment to gender parity and external collaboration, driving transformative change in closing gender gaps. Building on the important progress made by the World Bank, [...]

Amnesty International condemned a recent migration agreement between the EU and Tunisia on Monday. Amnesty International claimed that the agreement makes the EU “complicit in the suffering that will inevitably result” in what represents a “dangerous expansion” of failed migration policies. Members of the European Commission signed the memorandum of understanding with Tunisia on Sunday. [...]

A survey of terrorism survivors in the UK released Monday found that many survivors believe that the government’s terrorism compensation scheme is broken. In the survey, the advocacy group Survivors Against Terror found most respondents are unhappy with the Ministry of Justice’s Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA). The survey interviewed more than 130 survivors of [...]

A UN refugee and human rights official expressed concern on Tuesday over the expulsion of sub-Saharan migrants to the Lybian desert after the migrants killed a Tunisian individual. Maya Sahli Fadel—who serves as the Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons, and Migrants in Africa as well as the commissioner in charge of [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Tunisia on Thursday to cease the collective expulsions of sub-Saharan African migrants. HRW also urged that Tunisia should allow migrants, which its government has sent to a dangerous area of the Tunisia-Libya border, access to humanitarian services. According to HRW, Tunisian security forces have expelled an estimated 500 to 700 [...]

The UK and Italy have plans to create a strategic migration partnership to tackle the increasing number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, according to an exclusive report from the London Telegraph on Friday. This partnership, modeled after the current agreement between UK and France, seeks to strengthen collaboration in combating human trafficking, exchanging intelligence and [...]